memphis player slapping a fan

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after this weeknds uab game
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According to a friend of mine who is a Memphis booster. He was in Birmingham for the game. After the game, the Memphis players ran out onto the court to celebrate. As they were leaving the court near their tunnel, the guy in the orange jump suit through a small whiskey bottle at seldom used Memphis big man Pierre Niles. This booster also claims the fans were spitting and hurling anything they could get their hands on at the team as they left the floor. He states for a fact it was Pierre Niles, who has only played in a few games this season. So even if he got suspended I doubt it would be a big blow to them. I don't agree with touching a fan at all, but I don't know what I would do if I was on the court and someone hit me with a whiskey bottle...
 
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Seriously it wasn't a slap. it was a shove in the face because the guy was spitting on him and calling him n***** and also hit him with a bottle...seriously if that doesn't get at you, you have no cahones...and don't tell me anyone outside of Jesus H. Christ would have doen anything different.
 
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volfan55 said:
Seriously it wasn't a slap. it was a shove in the face because the guy was spitting on him and calling him n***** and also hit him with a bottle...seriously if that doesn't get at you, you have no cahones...and don't tell me anyone outside of Jesus H. Christ would have doen anything different.
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you're held to a much higher standard as an athlete. Does any player just run into the crowd and beat the hell out of any guy who drops the n-bomb on him?
 
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volfan55 said:
Seriously it wasn't a slap. it was a shove in the face because the guy was spitting on him and calling him n***** and also hit him with a bottle...seriously if that doesn't get at you, you have no cahones...and don't tell me anyone outside of Jesus H. Christ would have doen anything different.
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were you there or is that what you're getting from other Memphis St fans. I have read a couple articles on the game and haven't seen slurs mentioned once. I have also not seen that guy in the pic being identified as the one throwing bottles or spitting. If he is then the police would probably like a word.
 
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volfan55 said:
Seriously it wasn't a slap. it was a shove in the face because the guy was spitting on him and calling him n***** and also hit him with a bottle...seriously if that doesn't get at you, you have no cahones...and don't tell me anyone outside of Jesus H. Christ would have doen anything different.
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If you're an athlete, like or not you're held to a higher standard. Tell security some dude is spitting on you and they will take care of it. It isn't an athletes place to "shove" fans. I'm sure he's getting suspended no matter what the fan did to provoke him. Who did this now?
 
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I would have to say that it was poor judgment of the Memphis players to celebrate on UAB's court amid all the chaos. Once you see fans run onto the court, go to your locker room. Don't stand there and throw up your hands. You're the number 1 team in the nation. You're suppose to win, go into the locker room and move on.
 
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ThisIsWhyImHot said:
you're held to a much higher standard as an athlete. Does any player just run into the crowd and beat the hell out of any guy who drops the n-bomb on him?
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Didn't run into the crowd, was wlaking down the tunnel. didn't punch or beat down. BIG difference from Artest.
 
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utvolpj said:
were you there or is that what you're getting from other Memphis St fans. I have read a couple articles on the game and haven't seen slurs mentioned once. I have also not seen that guy in the pic being identified as the one throwing bottles or spitting. If he is then the police would probably like a word.
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I know players on the team and there is unedited video on one of the Memphis news sites, not sure which one where you can hear it.
 
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ThisIsWhyImHot said:
you're held to a much higher standard as an athlete. Does any player just run into the crowd and beat the hell out of any guy who drops the n-bomb on him?
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the n-bomb is one of the few things that warrants it. I suspect it could also be justified to some degree because of the hate speech standard.
 
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And seriously I don't like at all that he (Pierre Niles) did that. I don't think it should be done. But it wasn't without severe provocation. remember all this was after UAB fans had been on the floor and shoved Dorsey and other players. You want to say players should be held to a higher standard, then keep the fans off the f****** floor and this kind of stuff won't happen. Where was security when Memphis was headed up the tunnel. They knew what was going on and still weren't there.
 
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from what i understand, the UAB student section got pretty unruly.
 
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fans should be held to a certain standard, you really can't blame him for what he did when he got a bottle thrown at him.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
the n-bomb is one of the few things that warrants it. I suspect it could also be justified to some degree because of the hate speech standard.
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that warrants an athlete beating up a spectator? Athletes shouldn't touch a fan for any reason unless said fan is going to hurt someone.
 
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