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Old 11-21-2004, 06:53 PM   #85 (permalink)
Nimbletoe
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Originally Posted by Gustoferson
I do agree with this, not sure about against the Pacers specifically, but there has to be some punishment against the team for the fans' actions. I know it really isn't all that fair to the team, but take a look at the situation you face. Now you've got rowdy fans from all over the country who see that those few Detroit fans managed to provoke three of the Pacers fans into significant suspensions, all by some taunts and beer throwing. Hell, it looks like a major win for fans everywhere who want to sabotage their hated rivals. There has to be a backlash against the team they love as well to balance it out and show that no, you can't get away with shit like this just to hurt the other team. Yes, arrests may do a little bit, but on the whole there will always be people who won't care about arrests as much as they care about hurting the other team, as long as their team doesn't get hurt in the process. It doesn't have to be too drastic, but they do have to forfeit some games I believe.
No, no, no. Making the team forfeit games because of people they can't control is not the way to go. You want to deter people from acting up at games? Beef up security, rescrict alchohol sales, and prosecute anyone that threw a punch heavily. No team would have had enough security to stop that kind of riot. You can't punish the team because the fans acted up. ESPECIALLY since it wasn't the fans that charged on first, but the pacers that charged the fans.
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