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The thing that was most disturbing was Artest started hitting a person not even involved in throwing anything he just grabbed an innocent man and whipped him.
What I didn't understand was when Wallace practically knocked him on his ass he did nothing but when a fan threw a beer on him he went nuts and that I have a hard time understanding.
Then this morning on the Today Show Artest is being interviewed by Matt Lauer and instead of trying to explain his actions and even apologize to the fan he nailed all he can do is talk about and try to sell his CD he just made.
these new athletes have no respect for the money they're making and need to go talk to true athletes like Magic Johnson, Larry Bidr or Jordan, these two know what it's like to be heckled and hit I mean can you imagine what the Celtic fans did to Magic or Laker fans to Bird or the Piston fans did to Jordan it comes with the package and they should've just pointed out who threw it and kicked him out.
The fan was out of control and should've been charged with assault and that would've been the end of it.
It was a bad year for sports fans in Baseball the broken nose over a thrown chair and Football in the Pittsburg game last week and South Carolina and now Basketball the only sport not effected is Hockey go figure out why they have no fans anymore.
Mark
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Date: Monday, November 22, 2004 3:40:06 PM
Subject: [QUAD-L] They hurt professional basketball bad.
Jack Crawford was a very successful attorney in Lake County before he began
having an affair and it went public... causing him to leave town.
Security at the stadium was nil. Security was watching the game on their TVs
and not on the floor. Security was one of those things that were cut back to
save loads of money. Because of this stadium insurance will pay dearly for
under protection of those who paid to attend and watch the game.
Is this going to be a City Bus Got Hit, situation where you will have
hundreds of people trying to jump on the bus.... And claim injury? You know that
happens. Hope people kept their ticket subs.
The racial approach is also very interesting. Here you have a bunch of
drunken white spectators throwing iced liquids, such as pop, beer and who knows
what at a bunch of black basketball players. Is that the proper behavior?
Should these people be charmed for causing some of the disturbance? There were
children and parents in the bleachers watching this game and were subjected to
something they did pay to see. What affects will it have on their children?
Lastly the players. Shame on them. They are the professionals. The ref's
were doing their job and the game could have continued. The bench was almost
cleared, which is another violation of the league. Everyone knows that.
Yes, the monies will roll. And roll. And roll.
Pacers play the Piston again in December. Can you imagine the price of those
ticket, how the fans will dress and the number of security present at the
game.
Should be interesting.
W
In a message dated 11/22/04 3:19:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<< I see the some of the 'fans' that were involved in the brawl are already
filing suits. I'm sure some are hiring lawyers just to fight criminal charges.
Lawsuits could be coming from Detroit fans in brawl >>
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