NBA or WWE you decide...

[meaubry]

Nice job by the commissioner. If you think he was too harsh, just wait til the Law enforcement officers serve up the arrest warrants and the lawyers go after the really big money. Too bad - but, think how'd you feel if a guy as big as a pro basketball player hits you right in the face - for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The guy he went after wasn't even the right guy. Think about it, what if that guy was your friend, brother, or uncle and he didn't do anything to cause this nut case to attack him. Think about what you'd do? Most normal people would just stand there and let the guy whamp on them - without cause - just because it's okay, because someone else dis-respected him? Sorry - get real, there is NO justification for that. I felt sorry for that guy - just glad it wasn't a woman or child. The action taken should justify assault and battery charges. Self defense would have held up nicely if he'd actually attacked the right guy. That guy that Artest hit will be laughing all the way to the bank. Now, after the next so called professional basketball player pushes another - we will see if it costs them 6 games. The actions that occurred during the game need to be separated from what happened in the stands. Ben wasn't in the stands, Ben was on the court - but Ron didn't want a piece of Ben after the foul. The actions on the court should have been mitigated by immediate removal of both Ron and Ben - the rest of the embarrassment would never have occurred. Why isn't that simply a rule in the NBA. If you cause a fight, immediate ejection AND immediate removal from the playing field. That is what should have happened - the rest wouldn't have happened and most of the players would be fined some money, miss a couple games - but not jeopardize their teams season. It just isn't fair to the Pacers fans.