Posted on 11/19/2004 7:54:02 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Big time fist throwing. Fans, players and more. Any thoughts ?
Artest went into the stands in response to a cup being thrown which hit him in the face. The was a bottle thrown nearly simultaneously which did not hit him. Ben Wallace threw a towel at him prior to that.
Okay. Hope nobody gets killed before he gets all the way there.
That's another thing. The people that threw things started the riot, as was their intention. Throwing things is practically a text book defintion of inciting a riot.
Thanks! Most excellent!
Artest, Wallace, O'Neil and Jackson suspended indefinitely!
They just announced the suspensions of Artest, Jackson, O'Neil, and Wallace indefinitely pending the end of the league's investigation (maybe tomorrow).
They just showed the clip again from an angle I haven't seen. The plastic cup was almost, if not completely, empty. Artest was laying on his back with absolutely no view of who threw it.
Let's hope people don't walk up to you and start randoming throwing things while you are just laying there. Or maybe you'd just take it forever, so every body can have their fun?
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Agree .. they never should have rushed the stands and started beating the fans .. ESPECIALLY when they don't have a clue of who threw the cup
When the fans get out of control .. it's the Security's job to deal with them
LOL. If I were a "professional athlete" in a public forum and made millions per year and KNEW what the proper code of ethics in that situation was - like the soon to be criminally prosecuted and banned forever Artest - I think I'd try and behave a bit differently than some immature punk on a street corner. Actually, I think I'd try and behave like a grownup in any circumstance. That's what I aspire to anyway.
That is not the same .. in an office, you are in a controlled environment and a riot would not break out
The dude that threw the cup was wrong .. and Security would have thrown his butt out on the street
Artest rushed the stands not knowing who threw the cup and attacked the first person he saw .. He should have known better and so should the rest of the team that rushed the stands beating up on people
He grabbed the guy standing next to the guy who actually threw the cup so he had some idea where it came from. The guy who actually threw the cup (wearing a blue shirt that read Wallace on the back) started throwing punches.
You don't have these types of problems at a NASCAR race :0)
A gold nugget of a post.
Riiight.
Like earlier this yeer when Tony Stewart tapped the back of Kasey Kahne's car, sending the rookie spinning into a wall — and touching off a fight in the pits between the teams' crews.
No it's all peace and love at NASCAR.
Tell that the the bank manager that was shot and killed while sitting in her office along with 2 other employees. That happened here just a couple of years ago. Was it a riot? No. Was it a controlled situation, nah.
Really, what do you suppose the fan with the beer was trying to accomplish there with is drunk buddies? *sigh* Let's get up to speed here. The person you say Artest "attacked" has been interviewed and said Artest did not hit him. He grabbed him and asked him if he was the one that threw the beer. He never threw a punch until the fans started punching him. Was that the right thing to do? No. Was grabbing him any worse than someone throwing a beer on him. Not really, in my opinion.
There will always be heated times in any sport
My point was it stays between the players, or in this case the racers .. they don't rush and attack the fans
and lovin' it! ;-)
I think tossing perfectly good beer on anyone makes one kind of suspect, and the duking it out thing happens occasionally at a race, but not to the extent at the game.. ;-)
It is pretty disgusting how the sports entertainment industry has lowered its standards in a WWF kind of way, maybe they can someday figure out it lowers their ratings too and just show us a damn game... without all the theatrics and fisticuffs. :-)
How's hubby holding up in the inaugural Chase to the Cup?
Disagree a bit there .. Doesn't matter how much a player is paid ... it doesn't mean they are open for attacks
The guy that threw the cup was WRONG ... but Security is the one to deal with that jerk
But to rush the stands was even more wrong and incited the riot we watched on TV
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