11-24-2004, 02:17 PM
Schultz Wrote:Well i also don't think fans should throw a cup of beer and hit a pro athlete in the head. He was already trying to cool down after the guy on the other team choked him. Also he did eventually hit the fan. he just went after the wrong one at first.. i watched that scene so many times at work.. Because that was all that was on that night.first i agree with you that the fans should be punished too. but i don't think that the player was trying to cool down, he was laying there showboating acting all cool, i would have wanted to sock him. and then some of his players came rushing in and just throwing punches instead of trying to calm things down. now i played competitive soccer for about five years and i now how worked up you can get about a game, and my team has been in fights and so have i. but when you are a professional, get paid to do a job, you need to act like you are doing a job. i referee soccer games and have been for 7 years, i get paid to do a job and i act accordingly, i get paid not to lose my cool when parents and coaches get in my face and conduct myself in a manner befitting my position. i understand that getting beer thrown on you is a reason to lose your cool, but since he is being paid, i think it's part of the deal to keep your cool and let the cops handle that instead of starting a brawl. and what about that guy who socked the fan who came on the court, what was that about? i'm not sure but wasn't that guy just talking? i think that if they were hit or attacked then they had the right to defend themselves, but running up into the bleachers and pummeling a guy was wrong.
Also i belive the fans should of gotten in trouble also.. I think they all needed to be arrested and place in jail for a night or two.. Even if its pro sports fan's don't have the right to do what they did.. and players didn't have the right to do what they did.. but unfortunaly the fans will probably never get in trouble for it.
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