Re: Artest gone for year, other suspensions absurdly long
Let me say just one more thing to you, Clark, before I head to bed for the night.
I think the fans behavior was completely unacceptable. The fact of the matter is that it is much harder to punish a group of fans as a whole. I wish they could find a way to find every single person that threw crap at the players and ban them for the year.
The logistics of that would be very difficult. You have to understand that. Plus, let's not fool ourselves, it's not like the Piston's fans were the first spectators to ever cause a lot of problems. That doesn't get them off the hook, but what about all the crap that happens with baseball fans, etc.?
This is a problem facing professional sports as a whole, and it's a hard one to deal with. Singling out the NBA and the Pistons is easy enough, but no other organization would be dealing with this in any significantly better way. All professional sports are at a loss with how to deal with this issue.
See ya, Clark. [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
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