won. no offense, but i cannot put the time into this that i need to. i am slammed.
but my final thoughts are this... 1. the nba needs to have a salary cap per player, that goes up for each year of Acceptable behaviour 2. the teams need to award players for their on-court performance, and compliance with the Acceptable Behaviour rules then, and only then, will the overpaid babies grow up and appreciate the money they are currently pissing away on what would seem like "thug training" On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:28:12 -0500, Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G wrote: > > I don't buy that for a second. A "normal" person doesn't react that > > violently. Someone with Artest's history of behavior problems....does. > > > > I agree with TW, he has no business playing in the NBA. Period. Hasn't for > > awhile, imo. I think where he really belongs is in jail, before he kills > > someone. > > > > So Artest doesn't get to play even though: > > A) There are teams that want him > B) He meets all objective standards to play > C) He has the talent to play > D) He didn't violate any rule in the collective barganing agreement? > > Either you are suggesting that the CBA be changed to include such > unacceptable behavior or you are suggesting that Artest be judged > against a different, and more subjective, set of rules. If you are > suggesting the first, then one can't say he doesn't deserve or has no > business being in the NBA. Because according to the rules as they are > set now, he has as a legitimate reason to be there. > > Personally, I like to see him gone because a) I do think that the NBA > maybe too much pressure for a man of his intensity b) he isn't the best > role model for kids and c) the Pacers are an Atlantic Division foe. > > -- > 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137484 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
