The Suspensions

[hoyaboy1]

Yes. In the future, according to Clarkmeister logic, bullpens should empty and beat the [censored] out of guys who run onto the fields at baseball games.

His complete misunderstanding of legal rules is shocking.

[Plzr]

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[Clarkmeister]

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Who's to say that Jackson didn't go into the stands to bring Artest back onto the court, and then felt the need to go after the fan who threw something at his teammate from close range?

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Exactly. He first went to Artest and didn't do anything vicious until after that retard tossed his drink in Artests face.

[Clarkmeister]

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Yes. In the future, according to Clarkmeister logic, bullpens should empty and beat the [censored] out of guys who run onto the fields at baseball games.

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After the Tom Gamboa incident (anyone remember that?) this is *exactly* what should happen.

[Clarkmeister]

"So if one of the players had killed him, it would have been the fan's fault?"

So if that fan had pulled a knife and killed the coach because O'Neil let him get up, what then? My extreme hypotheticals are just as valid as yours, and far more a concern to a player on the court at that moment when it's already a high adrenaline, scary and desperate feeling situation. Do you think that O'Neil, surrounded by over 10,000 enemies is supposed to stop and analyze things? Hell no, he's going to *react*, and when he sees his coach being restrained and the guy who was tussling with his coach getting up unrestrained, he damn sure has the right to come at him and knock his ass back down.

[BusterStacks]

If a player rushes into the stands and they KILL him, it's obviously the fans fault. If a fan rushes onto the court, it's clearly the fans fault for going onto the court. Either way, professional athletes are more important to society than a random fan. I mean come on, these guys represent an entire city! Fans represent nothing except a very tiny piece of a MUCH larger puzzle.

I'm not unreasonable, if Artest killed an entire stadium full of people then yes, a 30 game suspension would be understandable I guess. But for just beating the crap out of one guy? I don't know, maybe a few hundred dollar fine or something. Did you see that guy? He looked like he deserved to be hit real hard in the face. He had a goofy look, and this is a serious matter.

I wish fans would just learn that nobody cares what they think except themselves. If you're gonna start crap with people better than you in every way, then just go home. Look, if YOU (the fan) get injured, who cares, your mother? But if you injure Jermaine O'Neal, you are going to weaken a franchise! A whole city will care! Sorry fan, but unless you make millions of dollars busting your ass night after night on a basketball court (a.k.a. warzone), then we really don't care about you. You're probably ugly anyway.

[Sponger15SB]

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Yes. In the future, according to Clarkmeister logic, bullpens should empty and beat the [censored] out of guys who run onto the fields at baseball games.

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After the Tom Gamboa incident (anyone remember that?) this is *exactly* what should happen.

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C'mon Clark you can't just go beating the [censored] out of somebody who fighting your friend and not expect to go to jail for assault. Well unless you're an NBA superstar.

[Clarkmeister]

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Lots of times in baseball, a dunderhead runs onto the field, sometimes with signs, sometimes as a streaker, sometimes to get on TV. They're apprehended and arrested. Do they deserve to get punched or beat up?

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Yes. That'd be the end of it. Players have no way of knowing the intentions of someone coming onto the field.

[andyfox]

He was attacked by dunderheads who ran onto the field to attack him. The attackers deserved whatever they got Iand more). There's a big difference between that and a cup of water (soda?) being thrown at somebody.

[hoyaboy1]

Right. So instead of backing away, they should run over and attack them. Brilliant.