After a few days of hindsight along with your report of this morning, it seems to me that David Stern should step down.
Why? He allowed things to get this far in the NBA AND he allowed this idiot to be interviewed without adequate preparation.
And he only gave Steven Jackson - another player who charged into the stands looking for fans to punch - a 30 game suspension. .....only 5 more games than a player (Jermaine O'Neal) who didn't go into the stands. Artest should've got 2 years and Jackson 1.
And yep, Stern is reaping what he has sewn. .....and then acting like he's surprised at it all.
I mean come on. David Stern is a good person. He handed out his suspensions and they were adequate enough. David Stern is not GOD. He cant control the actions of the NBA players. Ron Artest is his own man, he made the mistake and ran into the crowd. Yes it was wrong for him to do so but he is human. You cannot make such bold and harsh statements just because a person lost his temper after someone threw BEER on him. How about you have 5 million dollars in your hand and then have someone tell you that you cant keep it because of a human reaction. The penalty is the harshest in the history of sports.