Sam Peel
Banned
Seems to me you yanks need to adopt are laws and start prosecuting lads for racial slurs.
Marcus Smart just went at a fan...
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no one is showing restraint in that situation.
We prefer living in a free country. People shouldn't be arrested for words.
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Metta World Peace Talks About Marcus Smart Situation, Offers Advice
Metta World Peace Talks About Marcus Smart Situation, Offers Advice
New York Knicks forward Metta World Peace has been through a lot in his NBA career, but his most infamous moment came during the Malice at the Palace fiasco in Detroit in 2004, during which he went into the stands to fight a fan.
Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart dealt with a similar incident with a fan Saturday against Texas Tech, shoving a man after he fell into the crowd during the game, per ESPN. World Peace happened to be in Oklahoma City on Sunday to play the Thunder, and reporters asked him a few questions about Smart's situation. He had some interesting answers, via NewsOK.com:
Q: Just because they give their money, does that give a fan the right to scream something?
If a fan screams something at me, I don’t know what that person has been through, you know. He could have or she could have grown up rough or maybe in a single family household. I don’t know what would make somebody scream negative things at somebody, maybe they’re just having fun. In a pro game, I’ve learned to accept it because they pay to watch us play and hey, I appreciate it. Then I go home and I finish watching Breaking Bad. It’s that simple for me. I’m actually on House of Cards now. I just finished Breaking Bad. I wish there was a Season 6 actually, because Breaking Bad was amazing. Have you seen it?
Q: If you could talk to Marcus, what advice would you give?
I don’t know how old he is, but I know at 19 years old when I came out of St. Johns, I was fresh out the hood, fresh out of Queensbridge. So my mentality was still struggle, defensive and things like that. So I wasn’t really conscious. But I’m 34 years old now. He’s a young kid. I wish I would have listened when I was a kid, to my elders or to people who had my best interest at heart. And then I wish I would have been more conscious at my age. Those are two things that if you were to reach out to a kid like Marcus, a talented kid, a future leader in the community, you would tell him those things.
Their two situations may not have been identical, but Smart's actions will likely incur serious consequences from either his team or the NCAA.
Sam Peel
Banned
It's a little more than just words mate, it's verbal abuse. People should have the right to live without being verbally abused at work.
LordTaskForce
All Star
LMAO at the breaking bad comment
For those who are interested Tariq will talk about this incident on his ustream show tonight. Usually it's 10 pm EST.
http://www.ustream.tv/user/tariqelite
http://www.ustream.tv/user/tariqelite
Malik
Superstar
"Regardless of what that fan said, Marcus Smart was wrong to react" :cacmj23:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...that-fan-said-marcus-smart-was-wrong-to-react
So its wrong for a 19 year old to push a fan but, its not wrong for a 50 year old man to be calling a college student the N-word?
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...that-fan-said-marcus-smart-was-wrong-to-react
So its wrong for a 19 year old to push a fan but, its not wrong for a 50 year old man to be calling a college student the N-word?
Yeah, Gary Parrish is going to get that work on Memphis radio tomorrow for this.
Most of his listeners are black people in Memphis.
Yeah, Gary Parrish is going to get that work on Memphis radio tomorrow for this.
they need to go in
when ur black, the "N" word cuts thru a myriad of noise and into your ears.
my problem with all this is, the media will go to war on a player saying something like "no homo" or saying "f*ggot" even when it's not directed at a person in general......but they'll get mad at a 19-year old in the heat of a intense game for pushing a perfectly sober adult white man who called him a racial slur.
Suddenly it becomes an issue of "well both were wrong", but Smart is like 90% wrong while the white fan is only 10% wrong.
Suddenly it becomes an issue of "well both were wrong", but Smart is like 90% wrong while the white fan is only 10% wrong.
Its black History Month too.
Smart shouldn't get punished.
Smart shouldn't get punished.
They don't care. They view football or basketball like horse racing. "Yeah, I'll cheer you on with all of my might and you're my horse. But, at the end of the day, you're still a damn horse and that's the extent of my decency towards you."
I've seen plenty of diehard FSU and college football fans say racist shyt online, plenty. shyt is disgusting.