Listening to talk radio yesterday, they stated a statistic that a little over 20% of NBA players have some type of felony conviction, and that about half of those are for violent crimes.
The NBA brought this on themselves after Sprewell choked his coach and all they did suspend him for a while and send him to anger management. Folks like this need to be banned for life.
One caller said it's the fans fault because they want to see these players, and I tend to agree to a point. They'd get over it after a while and find someone else to root for.
But in reality, until the leagues get a handle on their sports and their players, this will start to become the norm. Owners need to hit these guys where it hurts the most, right in the check book.
Cheers!
I agree. I havent't attended an NBA game for probably 7 years. But for the 6 years prior to that I split a set of season tickets with 4 others.
We quit because it was just too expensive, and we got tired of supporting people who whined about making millions of dollars to play a game.
I haven't missed it at all.