Basketball brawl-sports has reached a new low - Beyond Tiki

M mattfink Member Detroit Joined: May 05, 2003 Posts: 579	M mattfink Posted posted on Mon, Nov 22, 2004 11:43 AM Let's do a reality check here....the Palace of Auburn Hills where the team plays is about a 45 minute drive from Detroit. I would bet most of the fans at the game weren't from Detroit (the guy pinpointed as actually throwing the beer is from West Bloomfield an extrememly wealthy suburb). The only thing relating to the actual city any longer is the name of the team. WTF, does this have to do with the city of Detroit??? NOTHING!!! Quit trying to defend this as they're picking on Detroit again type issue. It's not! The city has it's own richly deserved bad reputation. Some jerk threw a beer and a bigger jerk went and started a brawl. The beer throwing didn't start the brawl, the "professional" athlete who will now reportedly lose $5 million worth of salary did. Would I fight with someone who threw a beer at me? If my job required me to take the abuse of fans, which an NBA players does, I would not. Taking kids to a sporting event? I wouldn't! When did everything become Disneyland? They are serving alcohol and children shouldn't be around adults who consume it. PERIOD! Matt

Let's do a reality check here....the Palace of Auburn Hills where the team plays is about a 45 minute drive from Detroit. I would bet most of the fans at the game weren't from Detroit (the guy pinpointed as actually throwing the beer is from West Bloomfield an extrememly wealthy suburb). The only thing relating to the actual city any longer is the name of the team.

WTF, does this have to do with the city of Detroit??? NOTHING!!! Quit trying to defend this as they're picking on Detroit again type issue. It's not! The city has it's own richly deserved bad reputation.

Some jerk threw a beer and a bigger jerk went and started a brawl. The beer throwing didn't start the brawl, the "professional" athlete who will now reportedly lose $5 million worth of salary did.

Would I fight with someone who threw a beer at me? If my job required me to take the abuse of fans, which an NBA players does, I would not.

Taking kids to a sporting event? I wouldn't! When did everything become Disneyland? They are serving alcohol and children shouldn't be around adults who consume it. PERIOD!

Matt

Post #126854 by mattfink on Mon, Nov 22, 2004 11:43 AM