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Old 02-10-2004, 11:36 AM   #1 (permalink)
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A Tucson High School basketball player has been left partially paralyzed after being tackled by fans celebrating his game-ending dunk Friday night.

Joe Kay, a senior and starting forward, capped Tucson's 62-54 victory over Tucson Salpointe Catholic with an exclamation slam. A group of fans overtook him after flooding the court, coaches who reviewed film of the game told the Republic. Kay suffered a fractured jaw and a torn carotid artery -- the carotid supplies blood to the brain -- and subsequently suffered a stroke, according to the newspaper's report


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Can you prevent people from storming the court after a game?

Should they prevent this?

I think we've been lucky that this hasn't happened sooner. I understand that the fans get excited, especially if it's a huge upset--but should there be harsher punishment for those who charge the court???
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Old 02-10-2004, 12:19 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I read about that. A real tragedy. People sometimes have no concept that their actions, while entirely innocent, can have terrible consequences.
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Old 02-10-2004, 02:17 PM   #3 (permalink)
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That is ridiculous, there is no reason for a celebration being carried away that much, especially if it was just a regular season game. That was a very stupid move on the fans part, they could have really messed up his basketball career.
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Old 02-10-2004, 03:32 PM   #4 (permalink)
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What happened? Did they run over him? Drop him after picking him up? Sounds like a freak accident to me.
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Old 02-10-2004, 03:40 PM   #5 (permalink)
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What happened? Did they run over him? Drop him after picking him up? Sounds like a freak accident to me.
They trampled him when they stormed the court. He was basically crushed and run over by the crowd.
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Old 02-10-2004, 04:37 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Stay off the courts, idiots.

In college my roommates boyfriend scored a basket with no time left to win the game against our big rival. We all stormed the court.... He got poked in the eye.... Be happy, but be wary of the players and other fans.
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Old 02-11-2004, 11:53 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Poor kid. He had a scholarship to Stanford and was a 4.0 GPA student. Now he suffered a stroke and is partially paralyzed. I hate people and their idiotic herd mentality.
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Old 02-12-2004, 09:52 AM   #8 (permalink)
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freak accident.. poor guy, but this stuff happens like... never. He should feel like he won the lottery instead.

Okokok.. I'm an insensitive asshole
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Old 02-12-2004, 04:37 PM   #9 (permalink)
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freak accident.. poor guy, but this stuff happens like... never. He should feel like he won the lottery instead.

Okokok.. I'm an insensitive asshole
Well since you wrapped up the insenstive ahole title already, I guess I can add one of my original thoughts now. Right after I read the story I thought, well at least he felt great beign the big game winner at least up to the point he got crushed and trampled.
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Old 02-12-2004, 04:52 PM   #10 (permalink)
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You're not an insensitive asshole, Halx, because you are basically right.

99.99999999999999999999999% of the time, a player hits a buzzer-beater, the kicker hits the 50-yarder, the QB completes the Hail Mary, etc.; people rush the court/field, celebrate with the players and each other, maybe take down the goalposts to nets, and that's all.

It's just whenever the rare occurence of something like this happens, people get upset over it.

Just as a sidenote, anyone see who ran on the court after Stanford hit the shot to beat Arizona and stay undefeated? None other then Tiger Woods.
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Old 02-12-2004, 07:19 PM   #11 (permalink)
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In high school though most fans don't rush the court unless there basketball crazy.
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