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Artest suspended for rest of the season (Not 30 games) - ESPNNEWS
ESPNNEWS | 11-21-04

Posted on 11/21/2004 3:21:07 PM PST by Dan from Michigan

ESPN NEWS Station - Artest out for season.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Indiana; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: artest; nba; pacers; pistons; wannabefans
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To: LYSandra

My letter to the NBA Players Associayion:


Dear Sirs,

I hope you will do your jobs and oppose the draconian punishment being meted out to Pacer players and the franchise by David Stern. Considering the level of provocation the Pacers, and particularly Artest, suffered from the Pistons and their fans, a full season suspension of Ron Artest is outrageous. 25 games for Jermaine O'Neal? A gross outrage considering the lack of security and the vulnerability the Pacer players were experiencing. Fans coming on to the court wanting to fight with players and they cannot defend themselves and their teammates?

This is a terrible price for a franchise to pay and one that is clearly not fair. It is the Pistons themselves that benefit the most from the penalties the league has imposed against the Pacer's three top scorers. Why don't owners just pay thugs to start fights with the players to ruin their opponents season?

This is an outrage!



Charles McFarling
892lley Vista Court
Avon, IN 46123
cmcfarling@mcfarling.com


61 posted on 11/21/2004 3:45:30 PM PST by PresidentFelon (Reuters Reporter Adam Entous beats his mother)
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To: Dan from Michigan

They do not get paid while they are suspended.

And the fans will be arrested by the regular police, and probably get on a no-fly list and barred from the rink. Or whatever you call the place where they were. That's what happens in hockey when this kind of thing breaks out, anyway.


62 posted on 11/21/2004 3:46:22 PM PST by KateatRFM
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To: SE Mom
Free Republic has threads on a VARIETY of topics...

Amen! And... Praise God! There is a "variety" of news.

For instance, the moderators here were kind enough to allow us horse racing fans threads on all three races in the Triple Crown series.

It never fails to amaze me that some posters believe they have sole knowledge as to what is and is not news. These same people also are able to stop at a thread they aren't interested in and don't believe is news to comment on how they aren't interested and don't believe it's news.

I'm glad that the moderators here know the difference.

63 posted on 11/21/2004 3:46:23 PM PST by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Dan from Michigan

I'm suspicious of the timing of this.


64 posted on 11/21/2004 3:46:35 PM PST by petercooper (Remember, most liberal "intellectuals" are simply educated beyond their intelligence.)
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To: Dan from Michigan
I don't think the District Attorney should jump in against the players. NBA justice should apply.

Why? What if Artest had actually killed that guy? Would the NBA suspension be adequate "justice" for that?

The fact is that he went into the stands and committed an assault. That's a crime. If a construction worker went into a crowd around a construction site and beat on an on-looker, would you feel the same way about it? How about if a musician or an actor went into the audience? To some extent, you look the other way if it's another player, but a fan? No WAY should the DA look the other way...

65 posted on 11/21/2004 3:47:06 PM PST by Lyford
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To: scars

Thanks, that seems right.


66 posted on 11/21/2004 3:47:13 PM PST by not_apathetic_anymore
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To: Baraonda
OK. I'm sorry. I didn't know that you didn't know.

Friday night was probably the biggest brawl in American sports history. And it was players vs. fans. ESPN shows the brawl (still) every hour.

Here's an article about the brewhaha

As for jail time, prosecution is possible but generally what happens on the court or immediately adjacent to the field of play in professional sports are things that prosecutors are loathe to bring charges about.

67 posted on 11/21/2004 3:48:17 PM PST by NeoCaveman ("I expressed myself rather forcefully, felt better after I had done it," -- VP Cheney)
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To: KateatRFM
That's what happens in hockey when this kind of thing breaks out, anyway.

That's over in Vancover.

68 posted on 11/21/2004 3:48:28 PM PST by Dan from Michigan ("...don't you fill me up with your rules, cause everybody knows that smoking ain't allowed in (bars))
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To: Dan from Michigan

NBA = Nether Basketball Lowlives


69 posted on 11/21/2004 3:49:00 PM PST by Positive (Nothing is sadder than to see a beautiful theory murdered by a gang of brutal facts.)
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To: PresidentFelon

what have you been smokin?


70 posted on 11/21/2004 3:49:02 PM PST by rockabyebaby (What goes around, comes around!)
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To: BurbankKarl

I think the fans should also be suspended for the season.


71 posted on 11/21/2004 3:49:05 PM PST by jan in Colorado (I'm not opinionated, I'm Just Always "Right "!)
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To: Lyford

Where does the DA draw the line. Is every hockey fight going to be charged? That's what worries me.


72 posted on 11/21/2004 3:50:06 PM PST by Dan from Michigan ("...don't you fill me up with your rules, cause everybody knows that smoking ain't allowed in (bars))
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To: Dan from Michigan

Jesse and Al Sharpton will get involved. How many white players were suspended? Zero. Ipso facto racism.


73 posted on 11/21/2004 3:50:16 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Liberalism is proof that intelligent people can ignore as much as the ignorant.)
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To: Dan from Michigan

Any player who went into the stands to attacks the fans should be banned from the NBA, imo.


74 posted on 11/21/2004 3:51:21 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed)
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To: Types_with_Fist

It's called:
Different strokes for different folks!!!

If I am not interested in a particular article I move along to something else. Others should do the same don't ya think!


75 posted on 11/21/2004 3:52:04 PM PST by finallyatexan
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To: elhombrelibre

absolutely jesse and al are on the way funny how they are VERY silent about the racist remarks against Dr. Rice but I'm sure they will be out their defending a buffoon like Artest.


76 posted on 11/21/2004 3:52:48 PM PST by rockabyebaby (What goes around, comes around!)
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To: Dan from Michigan

I guess this crapper rapper will now have plenty of time to promote his new CD.


77 posted on 11/21/2004 3:52:49 PM PST by Lunkhead_01
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To: Dan from Michigan

Stern is on ESPN News. He says that anti-social behavior by fans needs to be addressed. How about focusing on basketball? These guys really cannot play the game, if they could they would not have embarrassed themselves in Athens by proving that they were more spoiled babies than professional athletes. The loud music, the light shows, and all the stupid hype was not necessary when great players like Tiny Archibald and Oscar Robertson were showing what skilled players that they were. Of course the salaries are so obscene and the ticket prices, parking, and concessions are so obscene, that they have tried to convince fans that they are having an out of body experience rather than watching a basketball game.


78 posted on 11/21/2004 3:52:53 PM PST by Biblebelter
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To: Strategerist

Good points. Those who follow basketball know this brawl is very unusual. Most seasons have a few pushing contests and maybe a blow thrown. Otherwise, the NBA is nothing like baseball or hockey.


79 posted on 11/21/2004 3:53:00 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Liberalism is proof that intelligent people can ignore as much as the ignorant.)
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To: winodog

Are there any products I'm supposed to stop buying because of this? :-/


80 posted on 11/21/2004 3:54:16 PM PST by Huck (The day will come when liberals will complain that chess is too violent .)
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