Comments on: Stan Van Gundy defends Dwight Howard, invites fine from Stern

By: davidly

davidly — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:07:22 +0000

You bring up an important point. I hesitate to definitively label the CFR or variously oft-cited orgs as the prime-manipulators of our fate, but it should be clear to anyone paying attention and not in denial that we live in a permanent war state in which all major media outlets – and by extension – professional sports leagues are critical contributors.

Van Gundy is right about free speech. Coaches and players alike should be able to openly criticize officiating without fear of reprisal. But even more importantly: Imagine if a NBA star were to criticize the “war on terror”. I daresay that not only would the press stir up opinion against him, but the majority of posters to sites like these would – unwitting to their lack of informed comment – have a new target to hate.

By: rapmusicmademedoit

rapmusicmademedoit — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:27:31 +0000

after i read this I cried, can someone hold me, please

By: bigtrav425

bigtrav425 — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:23:09 +0000

Im no Orlando fan but Van Gundy is right on with his comments

By: rapmusicmademedoit

rapmusicmademedoit — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:59:12 +0000

the opponent also takes a free throw…………..

By: rapmusicmademedoit

rapmusicmademedoit — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:57:31 +0000

I’am so glad someone has finally proven brave enough to talk about this in public.I applaud you.

By: rapmusicmademedoit

rapmusicmademedoit — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:55:23 +0000

The problem in the NBA right now is too many white referees, and white men CAN’T play basketball so why do we expect them to make the correct call.

By: jstrizzle

jstrizzle — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:33:05 +0000

I just don’t get what they are trying to accomplish with the rule. I don’t know that I agree or disagree with it. I think it would be great if they put together a video of all of Dwight Howard’s technical fouls and then we judge whether it deserves a suspension or not because i bet half of them are laughable.

With that said, why do they stop at technicals. Shouldn’t 3 or 4 flagrant 1 fouls be a 2 or 3 game suspension? Or shouldn’t 3 or 4 flagrant 2 fouls be a week suspension? Does this rule already exist? Someone please enlighten me.

By: john1447

john1447 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:26:00 +0000

The NBA has the best athletes in pro sports and unfortunately it has the worst officials. There is no consistancy and these idiots determine who will win a game, it’s a shame. Howard gets hammered all the time and gets absolutely no respect from the officials.

By: digitalpoo

digitalpoo — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:40:57 +0000

Suspension doesn’t seem like the best solution to me. If a player gets 16 technicals – he’s getting fined thousands and thousands of dollars. It seems to me that if he doesn’t mind paying the money then the league shouldn’t mind dishing the technical when it’s deserved (whether these are deserved techs or not I could care less to get into).
But when you suspend a player, you’re not only hurting the player – you’re hurting the team, the fans, the rank, the ratings, ect. Seems like a lose lose situation to me. I mean common, does a technical foul really merit any harm to the league?

By: frankvzappa

frankvzappa — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:09:01 +0000

actually David Stern is a member of the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations, never heard of it? i wonder why…), an organization that handpicks and controls every US president…the CFR is far more powerful than the US president, and it is unlikely that Van Gundy doesnt realize this…its about time people from major sports (typically used for pushing pro-war propaganda) start calling out world leaders for enslaving us all under their fascist police state nightmare new world order ideologies…this truth will probably be deleted, but the people are waking up…