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Lowry put those people he jumped into in pretty serious harms way. There could have easily been a injury. The owner knew that and freaked out. They are going way overboard with a $500,000 fine and a years suspension, probably because of the Utah douchebag.
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I don't see what Lowry did wrong. The guy who poked at him and made profane remarks was definitely out of line.
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Please tell me this is satire.
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He was doing his job... they know the risks... the NBA was the one that put them in harms way allowing them to sit that close... a privilege that costs like 25k in the finals. What was he supposed to do... "Excuse me can someone please return my ball?" Guys do what he did all the time...
You aren't serious right?
I can't think of anyone going that hard into the crowd off the top of my head. What if he royally ****ed someone up? Watch it again and tell me that wasn't risky as ****. Look at the shoulder to the face that woman in the yellow gets. Reckless as ****.
Nah, that's too much sarcasm. You should keep it balanced. Satire is tricky, too much of it and people can start to think you are serious.
So where's the line on how hard you dive into a crowd?
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If one is concerned over safety, there’s a solution for it already; don’t buy court side seats. Perhaps the nba should get rid of them?
The reason why this isn’t talked about in the same way as the Jazz incident is:
1. This was a quick altercation between a player and fan triggered not by race but by his diving into the crowd over a loose ball. Different from the Utah incident, which resembled a slow burning candle where fans wouldn’t stop harassing players and it was reasonably proven to have been racially motivated.
2. Golden State’s crowd doesn’t have a reputation and history for saying racist things. Ours does. Getting overly defensive about it suggests guilt or admission of having observed overt racism at games (imo). Furthermore, our fans do need to tone it down. How many more years are we going to boo former players for touching the ball? Must we boo every call that goes against us despite being the correct calls? I’m all about creating a fun atmosphere but our crowd does embarrass itself by antagonizing visiting teams with our napoleonic complex.
Trying to conflate these two incidents and insinuating there’s a double standard is really grasping at straws here. There are plenty of incidents of hypocrisy to point at, but this case isn’t one of them.
Golden state has now suspended the fan for one year, slapped him with a $500,000 dollar fine, and is apologizing publicly. Maybe we should ask our fan if he’d rather be slapped with a $500,000 dollar fine instead?
The reason why this isn’t talked about in the same way as the Jazz incident is:
1. This was a quick altercation between a player and fan triggered not by race but by his diving into the crowd over a loose ball. Different from the Utah incident, which resembled a slow burning candle where fans wouldn’t stop harassing players and it was reasonably proven to have been racially motivated.
2. Golden State’s crowd doesn’t have a reputation and history for saying racist things. Ours does. Getting overly defensive about it suggests guilt or admission of having observed overt racism at games (imo). Furthermore, our fans do need to tone it down. How many more years are we going to boo former players for touching the ball? Must we boo every call that goes against us despite being the correct calls? I’m all about creating a fun atmosphere but our crowd does embarrass itself by antagonizing visiting teams with our napoleonic complex.
Trying to conflate these two incidents and insinuating there’s a double standard is really grasping at straws here. There are plenty of incidents of hypocrisy to point at, but this case isn’t one of them.
Golden state has now suspended the fan for one year, slapped him with a $500,000 dollar fine, and is apologizing publicly. Maybe we should ask our fan if he’d rather be slapped with a $500,000 dollar fine instead?