Sunday November 21, 2004

The basketball brawl

I don't usually blog much about non Sun stuff but I got an email from my daughter the 4th grade teacher yesterday. Her email said it all, I thought, about the recent basketball brawl.

She said “I was just reading about that fight at a basketball game and I'm so disgusted that I just have to vent. It makes me furious that a basketball player who beat up fans is saying that he shouldn't get in trouble because someone else started it. I mean these are supposed to be adults and role models. If one of my students got in a fight, even if someone else had been bullying him, he would be suspended or expelled. These players get into fights all the time and get a slap on the wrist. I think there should be zero tolerance. These players should be held to the same or higher standards. Honestly I think they should be kicked off their teams. Make them get a real job. In a real job you'd get fired for fighting with coworkers. Argh! It just makes me so angry.”

I totally agree with her!!