Desensitizing and the lowering of expectations.
When the Pacers went into the stands in Detroit after being physically assualted by a fan throwing a beer they suspende Artest for a season, and several others for months.
Now the Pacers can fire weapons at strip clubs and be caught with marajuana and the league doesn't respond and its acceptable for Matumbo to blanketly threaten the fan base.
I really used to enjoy the nba now my home team ( pacers) are thugs and the rest of the league is not far behind.
I dont watch B-ball, but now you tell me that everyone doesnt sit in cathedral like silence and obey the inviolable rules of season ticket holders that Froufrou speaks of?