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The more he talks the weaker that suspension looks.
Did anyone catch the Ron Artest interveiw this morning on the Today Show? I only caught a little of it but I am now convinced this guy is a total IDIOT. He commented that he thought the suspension he recieved was unfair, when asked what he thought would have been an appropriate suspension he never answered the question and then proceeded to later hold up his upcoming CD in front of the cameras and start pimpin' it, proclaiming how the music is positive and the messages are full of "peace and love" coming from a positive person. RON, YOU JUST DON'T GET IT DO YOU!? He seems to have the intellect of a five year old, and I'm not trying to be sarcastic when I say that, if you listen to him he does't seem to be all there.Or maybe it's just me. Did anyone else see the whole interveiw or catch any of it to offer a differring opinion?
The more he talks the weaker that suspension looks.
What I find even more disturbing are all these folks coming out in defense of Ron Artest and his behavior...
I am sure that Dear Ron has a swell side to him...but let’s lock up his multiple personalities in a room together and see which one comes out alive...
Okay, quick quiz...
How many of you at your current jobs could deck two customers and still have a job the next day?
Pro athletics is nothing more than a boys club, and Artest shouldn't be ing about losing a year's worth of pay and play over it, he should be kissing Stern's ass for not banning his psychotic ass for life.
[QUOTE=Aggie Hoopsfan]Artest shouldn't be ing about losing a year's worth of pay and play over it, QUOTE]
I don't think he loses his pay...he's still on the team, but hes deffinently pissed about losing his play... hes gonna be so bored,
Ron Artest learned the hard way to dont get in fights and to shut up during games...he's not gonna do anything that extreme for a while...but then again, ur dealing with Ron Artest, and i don't know when hes not lookin for trouble..
Hes gonna be smokin weeedthis season..
"I don't think he loses his pay"
Where have you been the last 72 hours?
at school, playing basketball, and taking s,
maybe i didnt know @sshole.!!!....j/k
"How many of you at your current jobs could deck two customers and still have a job the next day?"
But you have to ask the other question: how many of your customers throw beer and crap at you, heckle you about your dead mother, about your murdered father, shout racial/sexual epithets as you walk from your office to the parking lot just because they buy your product?
The incivility and violations have been on both sides.
http://www.comcast.net/News/SPORTS//...0ecc14c31.html
Above is the interview with Artest, read it, its interesting...
boutons,
Cops deal with like that every day. And they're dealing with a lot more serious stuff than a child's game.
If a waiter has tea splashed on him by a customer, and he proceeds to tackle and pummel the customer, he's done waiting tables. No question about it.
"Cops deal with like that every day."
cops ain't dealin' with "customers".
This entire episode brought a few skeletons out of the league's closet, specifically the ones sponsoring "street Cred" in the face of morals
Who the do you think pays their salaries?cops ain't dealin' with "customers".
"maybe i didnt know @sshole.!!!"
Sorry for over-estimating you. I thought you followed the NBA, this forum, and watched some TV in between taking s.
When Shaq got suspended last season or whenever, it cost him 1/82 of his salary, about $300K for one game. Same for Duncan's suspension, about $200k.
Geez calm the down man. Police officers are "public servants", and interact with their customers every day.
I never see my customers, so I could probably kick all their asses and be just fine.
Hmmm...I've been called a liberal, commie pinko at my job, but I have yet to deck somebody.
[QUOTE=ALVAREZ6]Artest shouldn't be ing about losing a year's worth of pay and play over it, QUOTE]
I don't think he loses his pay...he's still on the team, but hes deffinently pissed about losing his play... hes gonna be so bored,
Ron Artest learned the hard way to dont get in fights and to shut up during games...he's not gonna do anything that extreme for a while...but then again, ur dealing with Ron Artest, and i don't know when hes not lookin for trouble..
Hes gonna be smokin weeed
he does lose his salary...approximately 5-5.5 million......its been all over that he loses salary....as well as the other guys....
geez shut the up.
Citizen/police relationship is non-commerccial, non-optional public service, where the police job is defined as dealig with .
Player/fan relationship is commerccial, optional enterntainment, where the player's job is not defined as dealing with ty fans.
your analogy is totally false.
Yes they do. the public/citizens are their customers....
Well, that's how it's look on within the department....
You're a real dumbass bouton, you need to shove your misguided opinion up your ass.
Taxpayers pay for the salaries of police officers. Who do they interact with every single day of the year? Taxpayers.
You're right, there is no comparison - cops deal with people cussing at them, people doped up who think they can beat up a cop, people shooting at them, people leading them on high speed chases where people die, and from time to time a cop has to look death in the eye and go home to their modest home having killed someone, all while pulling down 30-40K per year.
NBA players play a ing child's game for millions of dollars a year, have 3 months off a year, have 4 houses, 8 cars, plasmas in every room, jet skis, boats, off-season homes in South Beach, and make rap albums/movies on the side.
There is no comparison, and a little heckling by some boozed up fans doesn't even begin to compare to the cops deal with every damn day.
And yeah, my original rhetorical question still stands on its own... there isn't another profession in the world where you could deck your paying customers, drunk or not, and still have a job the next day.
I'm not saying the fans are free of blame, just that Ronnie should take his suspension, use the year off and get some therapy, and write David Stern a thank you note for not banning his psychotic ass for life.
I totally agree! During the 2000 election, I called the Democrats in Florida too stupid to vote while I was in the office and I got called to the bosses office and told to keep my opinions to myself or I could lose my job.
These guys make mega millions for playing a game - a real man can put up with that stuff and still maintain his cool. As Sean Elliott said "who the would these guys be if it weren't for the NBA!"
You would possibly lose you job, but you would be able to get another. And not stop from being paid the whole yr.
How would you like someone taking your whole yr worth of salary?
How about, "I would let people throw a whole keg at me for 5 million dollars."?
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