[Chantal]

There are many FINE people in the NBA.

...but in this case, none have stood up against abuse of woomen....

[Dante3]

And what about the femiists? Where is Martha Burke? Perhaps she is too ashamed to show her face after the fiasco at Masters.

It is one thing to cheer Kobe on the basketball court, but I found it sick and perverted to have people who apparently do not even know Kobe show up and cheer him when he is being indicted for rape. What kind of message does this send to rape victims?

Note: Kobe's parents and wife did now show up. Not good for Kobe. And his lawyers should at least have handed him a necktie.

[justshe]

"...but in this case, none have stood up against abuse of woomen...."

What case? We have an allegation of a crime. We have a person indicted (which is not a finding of guilt) and we have the alleged victim.

We have an accusation of rape vs. a denial accompanied with a statement of consenual sex.

Exactly WHAT is there to stand up against at this point?

Without a finding of guilt by a court of law, what you ask them to do is speak out against an unproven accusation. To damn the accused without basis?

Isn't that EXACTLY what you are doing....damning players in the NBA without basis?