Thanks for those who provided the insight on the TX moving for athletics rule, it does make more sense to me now knowing the process and why it was put into place.
I think no matter what, Smart needs to hold himself to a higher standard for his own benefit if no other reason. Everyone knows who he is, nobody knows who obnoxious Texas Tech fan in row 2 is. Because of this incident, he now has to deal with questions about his character from potential future employers (NBA Teams) which he otherwise may not have had to answer. I have to imagine this very minimally affects the life of (probably) very wealthy TT donor in row 2, outside of a few internet blogs that will blow over.
All that being said, it is hard to process all those thoughts in the heat of a moment, especially being 19 years old. The incident could've turned much worse and thankfully for all it didn't. Hopefully he learns from it as I'm sure he will.
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