[Strategerist]

And the same people that talk about "thug street ballers" have nothing to say about their beloved hockey or baseball where men throw a ball 95 mph at someone's head and get into bench-clearing brawls over "perceived" slights

Don't forget the US Olympic Hockey team (how many "Thug rappers" do they have?) destroying their hotel rooms at Nagano.

[Skywalk]

Forgot about that.

But you only heard certain respectable hockey analysts express real shame at that.

Let's be honest, there's always an undercurrent here on FR and on other sites, when it comes to professional sports that are dominated(at least at star positions) by a certain kind of person...hint hint.

That's not to say there isn't a more general anti-athlete bias on the part of some, but I just find it hilarious that some of the same cats who love hockey, the same sport where a fan whose only crime was running on the ice had the #$*# beat out of him, are condemning "thugs" in basketball.