In a football game between the L.A. Rams and the Boston Patriots, Cooper Kupp, a valuable Rams player, was tackled near the Patriots' sidelines. Before the play was whistled over, a Patriots player stomped on Kupp's knee tearing his medial ligament and ending Kupp's season. Kupp sued the Patriots player and the Patriots team for battery. If you were presenting the brief for this case, what would the parties' respective arguments be in the Application portion of the brief?