[video=youtube;PFUj4YCKMyM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFUj4YCKMyM[/video] Any guesses on what was said by the fan and/or the number of games Mr. Smart will not play?
Wonder what was said. If it is something particularly nasty, that gentleman should be "suspended" from attending games for a bit too. The video shows him mouthing "sorry about that" right before being shoved, so I am guessing it was something pretty bad.
I'll remain consistant in these situations. I think Vernon Maxwell and the Indiana Pacers acted properly in their infamous fan interactions. If the guy used a racial epitaph, Smart should have been allowed to beat him til he was tired of doing so. If it was something innocuous, he must take his licks.
I was thinking the same thing, although Smart has been getting all of the criticism thus far, from what I've heard out of the talking heads. As they unload on Smart, I'm kind of wondering if anybody bothered to think, "Hey, this guy's probably a giant ******* who likely said something absolutely worthy of getting his ass beat." And, before I get accused of trying to stir the racial pot, as some are wont to do here, I actually think that the dude was most likely to call him something along the lines of a "f-ing p-ssy"or similar. I'll bet there would've been visual revulsion by someone for throwing racial epithets right in the kid's face. Of course, I've heard a number of horribly racist shit at high school games, so I guess it's possible. Whatever the fan said, it sure got under Smart's skin something fierce.
Guy probably got off light, if what they are saying he said is true. Thing is, Smart has a lot more to lose by retaliating against that jackass. If he thinks college basketball has hecklers and people who will scream anything, wait till he deals with the professional hecklers of the NBA.
We have reached the point where people act as if buying a ticket relieves them of the duty of behaving like a civilized human being.
It's as if people don't realize that a guy in the midst of that kind of competition is more primed to whip your ass than usual. This guy is lucky he got off with a shove. Smart could have shattered his jaw just as easily.
Do you think it's worse now, or back 20 years ago? Seems as if compared to the past, sporting events are much tamer than they once were. That doesn't excuse the guy for being a jackass, obviously.
That's a good idea, except for the fact that what the guy is being reported as saying constitutes "fighting words" under the law and no judge with an IQ over 50 would sign such a warrant.
The fact people are already spewing the "you can never go at a fan, blah, blah, blah, blah" shows whose side they are on. As usual, the fat white guy.
