Privilege, emotions and beer.NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= Commissioner David Stem said the player-fan brawl at the Pistons-Pacers game was "shocking, repulsive and inexcusable." It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to reflect on the root causes of the melee. Was it triggered by Ron Artest's hard foul of Ben Wallace For the British MP, see . Ben Wallace (born September 10, 1974 in White Hall, Alabama) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls. Nicknamed Big Ben and The Body ? Or have times gotten so violent that players and fans need a "peace wall" between them? So the Business Journal asks: Who is to blame for the brawl at the Pistons-Pacers game? John Terenzio Executive Producer "Judge Joe Brown" The players are almost entirely to blame because they need to adapt to the real world in which we all live. It's not a perfect world, and yes, the fans taunt players because they are frustrated for many reasons. The league has probably been too liberal in the past when it comes to player behavior. But none of that really matters. All of us must learn to live responsibly in the world in which we find ourselves. Jesse Meli President, Chief Executive L.A. Studios Everybody has to accept responsibility. The athletes are first to blame. If I'm paying someone $14 million and he beats the hell out of one of my fans, there are problems. They have to be accountable. Then it gets exploited by the media, which exacerbates the situation. Also, if a fan throws a beer at someone, he's got to expect some kind of retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and . Alan Rothenberg Alan I. Rothenberg (born April 10, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan) is a graduate of the University of Michigan's law school, and an influential administrative figure in the history of North American soccer who is credited with greatly contributing to the growth of the game in the United Chairman First Century Bank You start with the fact that the original foul by Artest was a tacky foul. Then Wallace completely overreacted to the foul. Then when it looks like it's calming down, inexcusably a fan throws a cup at Artest. Then all hell breaks loose. The Palace was also to blame for not having enough security. It's hasn't been proven, but the presumption is that people were imbibing, which didn't help. Randall Tampa Director of Operations Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Fashion District BID When they showed the children huddled against their parents, it was disturbing to say the least. When I go to a ball game, I want to make sure that my kids will have a good time, and we can talk about the game afterwards. I don't want to try to explain to my kids why players and fans went berserk ber·serk adj. 1. Destructively or frenetically violent: a berserk worker who started smashing all the windows. 2. . It burns into kids' minds. Daniel Gigsby Partner Jeffer Mangels mangels Beta vulgaris; called also mangel-wurzel. Butler & Marmaro This has been going on forever. It's just now there are 15 different camera angles and all the sports talk show hosts that analyze it and cover it and react to it. The players are never justified in going into the stands. There is an invisible wall An invisible wall is a video game term for a boundary that limits where a player can go, but doesn't appear in game as any kind of visible obstacle; it's as if someone built a glass wall in an open area—the player cannot see the wall, but it's there. there and once you breach that, it gives permission to the fans to breach the wall going in the other direction. The fans clearly outnumber the visiting team and no amount of security short of armed officers would prevent something bad from happening. By the same token, the whole thing the NBA sells is proximity to the court. Many fans believe that they've paid for the right to taunt and abuse the visiting team. Steve Barkan Political Consultant SG&A Campaigns There's plenty of blame to pass around. If you follow the trail of the incident, I guess you could blame security in part for not having control over the player-fan barrier. I was absolutely disgusted by it all. I was riveted, and watched it over and over again. You blame Ben Wallace for overreacting. You could blame Artest for a flagrant foul A flagrant foul is a serious contact foul involving unnecessary and/or excessive and/or intentional contact in sport. There is a specific National Basketball Association foul termed a flagrant foul. . At that point you could pass the baton of blame to security, but Artest just lost it. And fans, of course. |
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