20 Feb 2018 21:34:36
Recently there was a game in the NBA between the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder. Denver were playing the game at home and won the game by hitting a 3 at the buzzer.

As the crowd are going crazy, a nuggets fan steps on the court and screams in the face of an okc player, prompting the player to push the fan out of his way. Everyone starts going crazy and the player is escorted off the floor into the back.

The next day in the media, everybody was going mad a fan was allowed on the court and that the player has every right to be able to do what was deemed necessary to protect himself. Not that the fan was going to attack him but how is the player to know otherwise? He should never be in a position where he is confronted face to face with a fan from the opposing team.

I believe the fan has now received a lifetime ban and the nuggets were fined substantially by the NBA. The player was not punished.

I understand that aguero has struck somebody and that is assault and subsequently should be warned of how to act and react in certain situations however it is not a situation that he should of ever been placed in.

People calling for aguero's head, saying that he is a role model, on TV etc. What about the gentleman who soar on him? Assuming he has kids is he not a role model? Is his behaviour not in the wrong? What about all th fans invading the pitch? They are on TV, do they not have a standard to hold to?

Once he is put in a decision where he is confronted by an opposition fan - rules are out of the window at that point. If he is attacked physically he has a right to protect himself.

If nobody has ever heard of 'The malice in the palace' I suggest you look it up. All of a sudden the issue of aguero protecting himself is the smaller picture in one of which he should never of been put in the position he was in.

1.) 20 Feb 2018
20 Feb 2018 22:10:55
Should probably consider what happened to Monica Seles too.

2.) 20 Feb 2018
20 Feb 2018 23:10:07
Looking to gain wisdom from how things are done in the US is not the way to go.

3.) 21 Feb 2018
20 Feb 2018 23:59:13
Denver Nuggets sounds like an Urban Dictionary entry to me, what a crap name!

4.) 21 Feb 2018
21 Feb 2018 01:42:11
Totally concur with Tomsbakery. You don't stop being a self respecting individual becÄ…use you defend yourself, wherever it may be.

Aguero defended himself and got a bit angry and wanted to hit the fella.

Id do the same.

This IS the role model our kids need.

Stand up to bullies and attack-minded fools.

5.) 21 Feb 2018
21 Feb 2018 02:45:34
Denver/ rocky mountains was a huge gold mining area hence the name nuggets.

6.) 21 Feb 2018
21 Feb 2018 11:11:24
If you go back 15 years, you ll find most of the cricket games the crowd invading the pitch at the end surrounding the players and I have never seen a single player slapping or punching a fan. If your issues is about the fan invading the pitch then the authorities are at fault for bringing such situation. At no point a player is supposed to slap a fan. The fans boo, abuse and make all sorts of noise from the stands and have you ever seen a player loosing his temper and running into the crowd to take a revenge? The FA is a complete joke and they themselves have no clue on the matter.

7.) 21 Feb 2018
21 Feb 2018 13:30:18
Op, sorry but you are wrong. I watch the NBA and they screwed up big time and so did the FA here re: Aguero. The NBA player should NEVER have struck the fan NO MATTER what. Once you do that, you lose all credibility. Saying that since the NBA did not punish the player then Aguero should not be punished, is total hogwash. Why? Both incidents and all actors involved should be punished. The fan should be banned in both cases and the players should be punished for contributing to such a scuffle in both cases. A pro sports player is called to a much higher standard and is taght to avoid such situations at all costs cos in the end, you will never be right for reacting to a clueless fran. That is the issue here and anyone trying to muddie the waters is doing a huge disservice to this debate.