Great read on the Arenas situation

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Once the Rev. Al Sharpton crawled out from under his rock to kick dirt onto the Washington Wizards' Gilbert Arenas for bringing guns to the arena, it was safe for anyone and everyone to pile on. And anyone and everyone did just that as they awaited NBA commissioner David Stern's choice of punishment, which he partially delivered Wednesday as an indefinite suspension that he said would "ultimately result in a substantial suspension, and perhaps worse."

 

According to anyone and everyone, "substantial" was a good place to start, but "perhaps worse" was more like it. Before Wednesday, some critics had said Arenas' suspension should last the rest of this season. Others said it should last the rest of Arenas' life.

 

To which I say: Has everyone lost their mind? Not Sharpton. He doesn't count. Of course that guy has lost his mind, assuming his was ever in working order in the first place.

 

But everyone else: Are you insane? You want to make an example of Gilbert Freaking Arenas?

 

Listen, I'm not here to minimize violence in the workplace. Nor am I here to minimize the image problem of the NBA or professional sports as a whole, which even the manipulative, insincere Sharpton noted has a "culture of violence."

 

"The NBA," Sharpton told the New York Daily News, "needs to stand up and send a strong message."

 

To this guy? For this incident?

 

 

CBS Sports

 

 

[JWaLL]

Great article. Although I want nothing more than to have Gil's contract removed from our team so he can sign somewhere else, I still think a punishment worse than a suspension for the remainder of the season is way too harsh. If the teammates, including a class act like Antawn Jamison, were laughing at his finger guns, that CLEARLY means that the whole situation was not a big deal, and simply a practical joke gone horribly wrong because the teammates know more about this whole thing than anybody.

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Al Sharpton is the biggest joke in society btw. He does nothing good at all.