Cheap shot foul on dunk temporarily paralyzes Indiana star

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

You keep saying the kid's name is a key fact and is pertinent, but you have failed to explain why it is a key fact.

Very well. How about this? It's newsworthy.

When's the last time any of us have seen -- not just have called, but have SEEN -- a flagrant foul? They're rare, and people are curious about that, particularly when such an act hospitalizes another.

This game did not take place behind closed doors. This was a public exhibition, and no-one's right to privacy is violated by someone reporting the facts.

Are you telling me that, when you hear of a player getting hurt by a reckless act, you don't want to know who did it?

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Are you telling me that, when you hear of a player getting hurt by a reckless act, you don't want to know who did it?

Nope.

If I live in Kalamazoo, Michigan and a player get's injured in a game in Bethlahem, Pa., I may be curious about the circumstances, but I don't "want to", or "need to," know the 17 yr olds name. Maybe that's just me.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Nope.

If I live in Kalamazoo, Michigan and a player get's injured in a game in Bethlahem, Pa., I may be curious about the circumstances, but I don't "want to", or "need to," know the 17 yr olds name. Maybe that's just me.

Right, and even if I lived in Bethlahem, I wouldn't need to know. If I wanted to know, as has been pointed out, I could find out with about 20 seconds of extra keyboard work.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by grunewar

If I live in Kalamazoo, Michigan and a player get's injured in a game in Bethlahem, Pa., I may be curious about the circumstances, but I don't "want to", or "need to," know the 17 yr olds name.

I didn't say anything about age. The question I posed is about flagrant acts, regardless of level.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Are you telling me that, when you hear of a player getting hurt by a reckless act, you don't want to know who did it?

Yep...that's what I'm telling you.

If I do want to know, I will ask someone who was there. I have no desire to read that in the paper.