09-08-2020, 05:22 PM
rjmacs wrote:
[quote=vision63]
He was just being petulant and they had enough of it. It wasn't smart for them to kick him out. They do depend on ratings and he's a draw. If he did it on purpose, then yeah, but he didn't. He ain't got the guts for that. I know the NBA wouldn't be kicking Michael Jordan out of the playoffs for something that wasn't malicious.
As far as the "rules" are concerned. They're just rules. They're not laws. They can do whatever they want to do.
I'm mildly surprised that you think that rules should be enforced based on what's good for ratings.
Probably just another necessary reality check for the forum from v63.
I'm not buying that what he did is what they say it was. I'm also not buying that there has to be a rigid adherence to rules for the sake of following rules. It's like giving judges mandatory minimums with no discretion. It's not like it was a foot fault or something that addressed the outcome of the match, which is completely different. This was behavior and that's more arbitrary and should be subject to a discretionary judgement.
So basically, the fan is deprived of watching the most dynamic male figure in the sport for basically some specious reason.