Posted on 07/09/2018 1:47:52 PM PDT by BBell
The brawl, which occurred in an Atlanta suburb, doesn't have a known root cause yet
Just a week after an ugly brawl in FIBA World Cup qualifiers between the Philippines and Australia, another one broke out at an amateur game in a suburb in Atlanta. This one, however, was between players and referees, rather than players from both sides. Chicago's R.A.W. Athletics were facing the Houston Raptors on Sunday when the brawl occurred.
Doug Jones shared a few videos on Twitter of the brawl, and they're certainly ugly.
That clip shows the onset of the brawl, with the official being knocked to the ground and hopping back up ready to fight. Another clip, however, shows a young official on the ground taking blows from a player before the player is blindsided by another official into the bleachers.
According to The Los Angeles Times, the cause of the fight isn't clear, but R.A.W. coach Howard Martin defended his players on a tweet that was subsequently deleted.
"A ref actually walked up on one of our players and attacked him," Martin wrote, per The Times. "Everyone tried to break it all up, then the ref's father (who was working a game on a different court) ran over to our court and rushed our guys … everyone in the gym, the other team and the directors saw everything."
When the older official comes onto the court, the scrum does die down for a moment before re-escalating.
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Someone felt "dissed"? Does there need to be a reason?
Future NBA here.
I went to a basketball game and a hockey game broke out.
Do I need to look? Naaaaah
Diversitah is our strength.
Is it my imagination or everywhere there is a large gathering of blacks these days, violence breaks out?
The law of the jungle.
Disgusting! Whatever happened to fair play and sportsmanship?
It is not your imagination.
I think you meant to post something?
(And why not?)
ML/NJ
No, I did.
Exception noted.
Ok. I get it.
Played “Guess the race” as soon as I read the headline.
Right again.
Easy peasy.
EFGator Hit the Nail right on the Head.
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