Tangorre, Michael wrote:
> What message would it send if Stern suspended him for 3 games instead?
> Or 5? The answer.... THE WRONG MESSAGE!
> Its simple Won, Artest is a short tempered, maniac who does not belong
> in the NBA. He should be happy he can come back next season. If I was
> Stern, I'd jump outside the political landscape and push for a lifetime
> ban... How about we get professional sport cleaned up instead of
> excused. Its not reallyt a moral issue at all; it's a decency issue.
> Artest is a repeat loose cannon, he needs to be gone.
> 

I don't think he is a loose cannon.  What gives you the right to judge 
him like that?

I never said he shouldn't have been suspended.  I did say his punishment 
was too harsh.  But I never said he shouldn't serve it.  I actually 
wrote, he should serve it and then he has a right to come back into the 
league.  Let him serve his 73 games or whatever it is.

I'm big on personal responsibility.  He made a choice.  He decided to go 
up into the stands.  He decided to hit the guy.  He should live with the 
consequences.  Obviously, if it is deemed that Stern as the right to do 
this...then he should.    I'm saying that he shouldn't be banned.  And 
I'm saying what he did, while warranting a harsh punishment, doesn't 
make him a bad guy with the short fuse.  I think a lot of people would 
have reacted the same way.  The huge problem that America has with this 
is...well we all know what it is.

-- 
2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant.


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