Rick Artest, World Peace, and Seven Days in April and May.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by amusedofficial

Stern, of course, has been busy fawning "welcome to the NBE" to the newly ordained owner of the Hornets who just happens to also run a football franchise with a record of paying its players to hurt opponents.

BTW, Kermit Washington got 26 games. Precedence, Mr. Arbitrator. Precedence.

I don't buy that the Saints are the only team to do this, I don't even necessarily buy that they were the worst offenders. They just got caught, IMO (I could be wrong), and happened to be the example the NFL wanted to set.

As bad as this was, it wasn't even close to Washington's sucker punch of Rudy Tomjanovich.

BTW, who is Rick Artest?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by amusedofficial

Kermit Washington got 26 games.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

It wasn't even close to Washington's sucker punch of Rudy Tomjanovich.

Hey guys. Many Forum members weren't even born yet in 1977.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Hey guys. Many Forum members weren't even born yet in 1977.

I certainly was born before this and I do remember at least early talking about this play. There was not ESPN or CNN (Even MTV) and 1000 channels on basic cable (or cable at all) to publicize this situation. But I do remember this happening and being talked about a lot in my childhood. Then again the NBA was not live TV in many cases and you only saw a national broadcast at most.

Peace

[amusedofficial]

The film from the Washington-Tomjanovich fight is symptomatic of the ESPN approach to the use of sports video, even though it was a dozen years before ESPN was invented.

It's the highlights and nothing but the highlights. They don't show you Tpmjanovitch running for Washington at a full sprint and Washington looking over his shoulder and seeing an opposing player running at him and punched him.

Yes Washington got what he deserved, but the ESPN-style clips make it look like more vicious than I think it was.

Since we're in the 70s, the worst basketball fight I ever saw was Minnesota vs. An Ohio State University, Luke Witte took a hard foul, then a Minnesota player went to help him up, but kneed Witte in the groin and punched his head, then another Minnesota player came over and stomped on Witte. Another OSU player was attached from behind by Minnesota's very sportsmanlike Dave Winfield (yup). Two Minn players were suspended for the rest of the year

[Adam]

Originally Posted by amusedofficial

The film from the Washington-Tomjanovich fight is symptomatic of the ESPN approach to the use of sports video, even though it was a dozen years before ESPN was invented.

It was two years, not twelve.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

It was two years, not twelve.

Probably seemed like twelve. ESPN was the best and worst thing to ever happen to sports.

[amusedofficial]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

It was two years, not twelve.

You are correct. Now you know why I am often in need of assistance from kindly fans and helpful coaches in my attempts to count to three.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by amusedofficial

You are correct. Now you know why I am often in need of assistance from kindly fans and helpful coaches in my attempts to count to three.

Just do what I do....start over.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I certainly was born before this and I do remember at least early talking about this play. There was not ESPN or CNN (Even MTV) and 1000 channels on basic cable (or cable at all) to publicize this situation. But I do remember this happening and being talked about a lot in my childhood. Then again the NBA was not live TV in many cases and you only saw a national broadcast at most.

Peace

You remember this? I thought you were closer to my age, and I don't remember anything from when I was three.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

You remember this? I thought you were closer to my age, and I don't remember anything from when I was three.

I am not saying I remember where I was when this happen or remember where it was, but I do remember what was going on before ESPN was a network. My dad would watch every major sporting event on TV, so I tended to hear or see these things on TV.

Peace

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I am not saying I remember where I was when this happen or remember where it was, but I do remember what was going on before ESPN was a network. My dad would watch every major sporting event on TV, so I tended to hear or see these things on TV.

Peace

I don't really remember a whole lot before ESPN started but I do remember life before cable came to my small little town in Iowa. Highlights were what we saw on the news at 10:00.

We didn't follow the NBA that close, so I never heard of the fight until a few years ago.