Fair fight, ya think?
Y’know, professional athletes should grow a thick skin when it comes to jeering, insults, and booing from the fans. Fans in every spectator sport have done this since Julius Caesar’s day.
In a recent NBA playoff game, Lakers star LeBron James took off on a courtside Nuggets fan who called him a crybaby for objecting rather too strenuously to the referee slapping him with a foul (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/lebron-james-attempts-scare-woman-stands-ends-up/). James went over there and made like he was going to assault the woman, causing her to cringe. That seemed to satisfy him.
I used to love the NBA, back when Knicks guard Dick Barnett said basketball was “like chess, only a lot faster.”
Well, it ain’t like that anymore.
What if the fan countered LeBron’s physical intimidation with some intimidation of her own? “Yeah, that’s right, big boy–you come lay a hand on me! My lawyers will eat you alive! I’ll sue the Lakers and I’ll sue the NBA, too! You’ll be a mighty unpopular fella by the time I’m done with you!”
If only…