Mace the Pacers

Watched that end of the Pistons-Pacers game live Friday night. First time I've ever seen Bill Walton speechless! I've turned into a Pistons fan since Tayshaun Prince (formerly a KY Wildcat) joined the team two years ago. Got really excited watching them win the NBA Championship over the Lakers. Call me biased, but here's my take on what I saw Friday night. In the last minute of the game Ron Artest needlessly fouled Ben Wallace by slapping at him instead of the ball. Considering the circumstances of the point spread and time left, I considered that a flagrant foul like Big Ben did. Now Ben goes and shoves, really hard, Artest in the neck area. The benches clear. But here's the deal. Artest backs off and stays clear the way away from Ben, and he inexplicably goes and lays down on the officials table while they are trying to contain Ben. If Artest is injured they should have taken him to the locker room. I considered him taunting by laying there on the table and watching the mayhem like he's laying on the beach. Not surprised that he gets plastered by a cup of beer. He didn't have the cajones to deal with Wallace, but he sure jumped a fan in a hurry. I knew about Artest asking last week for a month off so that he could publicize the issue of his rap album. Good for him...he nows has the rest of the season to promote himself due to the suspension announced yesterday...

The bottom line for professional sports is *money.* Consequently, you won't see drastic action taken to deal with rioting fans. They won't cut off beer sales, say at the end of the third quarter. We will see an increase in security personnel, who by-the-way are practically invisible in the replays of the riot. They won't move the seating back further from the playing floor. They won't put up glass walls like at hockey arenas. The game will suffer for the majority of fans because of the few punks amongst them.

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