While its true that fans were throwing things onto the court, the clips I saw showed Ron Artest going into the stands before anyone came onto the court. It sickens me to see these overpaid athletes act out like spoiled kids. If they have their multi-million dollar salaries at stake when they brawl, maybe they'll think a little more before they set such a bad example for our kids. I don't care what Charles Barkley says, when they accept those contracts and play on TV, they become role models.
This should also be enforced in college. The stupid fight that I've been seeing on the news for the last two days in a college football game(don't remember the teams)is another example. If they suspended those idiots for a year it could end some careers. If that happened a couple of times the fighting might cease to be an acceptable part of sports. We are saddled only with unacceptable behavior that we tolerate.
Ditto. Any person paid multi-million dollar contracts is being well compensated to put up with more abuse than the average joe has to take. Ron Artest's punishment fit the crime.