Posted by: Casey00 November 22, 2004
NBA fight
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Someone earilier in a different post posted that Artest should go fight someone his size (he had an example and it was Iverson). Quick stats again: Artest 246, 6'7 Wallace 243,6'9 So, they are both tough guys if they had gone against each other it would have been a fair match. Yes, ProudNepali, Artest could have poured his frustration to ROWDY fans( mind you they are not innocent). Now may I ask, if you think fans are equally responsible then shouldn't they be also held accountable. Shouldn't they be made to forfeit their Years SALARY to a charitable organization? Ok, someone also said that given Wallace's given past its fair that he got only 6 games. I mean why you care about past so much. He instigated it, he should be PUNISHED equally!! Some say these things HAPPEN quite frequently in Pro-Sports but HEY you don?t want to encourage these things to happen FREQUENTLY. Wallace not only shoved him once BUT he was also tempting him to fight. NBA is just being hypocritical here and they don?t want to lose their FAN BASE. They are letting Wallace walk away with minimum penalty when he pushed Artest around but WHEN Artest actually hits a rowdy spectator he gets 12 times worst penalty. Some of the things I would have done: 1)If Wallace got 6 games for toying Artest, slam Artest for 20 games max since he hit the spectators. Don?t keep him away from the game. Make him attend anger management class. 2)O?neal and Jackson should get only 10 games since they were acting in the heat of the moment. THEY DINT NOT START THIS FIASCO. Its unfair that Wallace gets 6 games for starting this and these players get 6 times more..HELLO!! 3) NBA was sick of Artest?s previous incidents so I think they took that into consideration, which I think is totally unfair. 4) Make those FANS pay for their rowdiness!!! Make them pay .Send a message that even if you Pay those high priced tickets you cant be stupid!! 5)Pistons organization should have better security around the court. Btw, if I was David Stern I would have made sure that those players come out of suspension just before that big game in December( doubleheader between lakers vs Heat, Pistons vs Pacers). Like Shaq said on his upcoming match with KOBE ? that game is gonna be the highest rated show ever?. Of course it is going to be like that?after all its Pacers & Pistons!! Anyway, any publicity is good publicity. NBA isn?t gonna lose fan?it will just prove that NBA has tough athletes like NFL..or Hockey?:) U know hwo Americans think!!
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