Not just the Pacers/Pistons game, but also South Carolina/Clemson on Saturday and the Steelers/Browns last weekend. I only bring this up because some nominal authority is on NPR right now blaming beer for the state of fans/players aggression, and I want to put an end to that meme right now. To wit: Beer is part and parcel to a long tradition and regardless has historically never led to any violent incident, and I challenge any data showing otherwise. I believe that there are significant studies showing quite the opposite, in fact. Besides, I'm not sure that drinking the Blood of the Patriarch could get you more incensed than Ron Artest is on a day-to-day basis.
Also, a caller just said "the beatitude of the players," which is both the first and last time those words will ever be organized as that phrase.
Posted by Kriston at November 22, 2004 2:54 PMI was listening to that, too. Best part: during the discussion of alcohol as a contributing factor, the guest's cited evidence was that, on the tape, you can see a woman with a cup full of beer that is spilling.
Not that she threw it.
Not that she was involved in the fight.
But, you know, she was holding a beer. So clearly it's a problem.
Posted by: tom at November 22, 2004 3:05 PMWasting a good beer like that is just plain alcohol abuse.
Posted by: j.scott barnard at November 23, 2004 9:35 AMAnyone who disparages beer is obviously anti-American (the French drink wine), Communist (they drink vodka), and -- although I lack hard evidence of this practice -- probably eat babies for fun.
Posted by: steve-o at November 23, 2004 8:35 PMThe connecting of the NBA brawl to the football fights is just dumb. People aren't going to be injured when they get punched wearing football equipment, so who cares?
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