Kobe settles out of court of a fan he elbowed, died 2 months later (unrelated)
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This is why I'd never sit courtside at an NBA game. I don't need them big ass nikkaz flyin all up on me n shyt.
Yea you don't sit in the best seats because you don't want to get your chest caved in 
Sound like something a broke brotha would say
fukk it, I'm broke then. 
Bilz
Superstar
Your point was that Kobe waited several years, saw the original plaintiff die, then waited a few more years while the case bounced in and out of courts and ultimately settled it now out of "kindness". I found that point to be weak and conjectural
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
that wasnt my point
my only issues as with the word precedent. I think of precedent as a judicial thing, not a fan getting mad and suing thing.
Kobe settled that rape case as well
Bilz
Superstar
I wasn't arguing whether or not it set a precedent, I was disagreeing with your assertion that the settlement had anything to do with kindness.
Ultimately, a court did decide to hear this case. These cases are all designed to reach settlement so they don't need the results of a landmark case to help their side, they just need to get the courts to hear it. If more people now feel emboldened enough to introduce their own player altercations to the court, then it's hard to argue that a precedent wasn't set with this.
I think most people hearing this story immediately throw the case out as being frivolous but I never saw any footage of what actually happened. I think players should be able to safely move around during the context of the game and not be punished for any incidental contact that occurs but if it's in more of a Ron Artest/Stephen Jackson fashion, there might be a place for it in the courtroom.
