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Fans and Students Banned from FL High School Basketball Games After Fight

A big fight at a Florida high school basketball game led to nine players suspended and no fans allowed to any more games.

The brawl happened at a game in Palatka, Florida, which is south of Jacksonville. Surveillance cameras captured the scene as fans rushed onto the court after a player from the rival team was fouled.

School administrators have banned fans and students from attending any future games. Fans and students are also banned from girls' basketball games as well. Now, only parents of players are allowed to attend.

Do you think this is fair? It's your turn to Speak Up! Memphis.

Published Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:28 PM by APhillips

Comments

 

Deborah said:

This is sad, it had to come to this, but for the safety of everyone this is the right choice. School administrators, Great Decision.  Yes this is fair.
January 16, 2008 1:46 PM
 

amazed said:

just curious what the demographic make up of this school is -
January 16, 2008 2:01 PM
 

Skinny Bill said:

Blacks behaving badly ... AGAIN!
January 16, 2008 2:23 PM
 

ru83 said:

Yes, this decision is the right decision.
You think that the crowd would know a little more about basketball. People get fouled. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes not.  Someone gettin fouled is no reason to act like a bunch of wild animals. I swear, some people just look for any excuse to use thuglike behavior.
January 16, 2008 2:37 PM
 

East Memphis said:

Funny this only happened once when I was in High School.  CBHS was playing Hamilton for the state championship playoffs.  We won (the state too.)  When our team and coaches went to shake hands with the opposing coaches and team our lead coach was viciously beaten by several Hamilton players leading to the stands being emptied and a brawl.

No shots were fired - I am sure today someone would have been capped.

There was a similar lack of impulse control shown here but I just can't figure out why????
January 16, 2008 2:41 PM
 

DOVER said:

When people (young or old) feel fighting is the way to express their dislike of something or someone,  they should be banned. It’s a matter of being taught, and understanding, how to act in a  civilized manner.
January 16, 2008 2:54 PM
 

MARS said:

Skinny Bill, dont try to make this a black or white thing, there has been games where whites started brawls to in a game, remember the detroit pistons vs the indiana pacers game yeah, it is a good decision, because fans can take the game over the boarder, hell look at the chicago cubs fans when that fan made a mistake and caught the ball and the umpires called it a home run that cost them the chance to go to the world series, the fans threatened the guy who caught the ball with death, and wanted him to leave the city of Chicago,

And they should have had security there, knowing the two teams are heated rivals,
January 16, 2008 3:00 PM
 

East Memphis said:

"Skinny Bill, dont try to make this a black or white thing, there has been games where whites started brawls to in a game, remember the detroit pistons vs the indiana pacers game yeah"
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There probably are better examples you could have chosen.  That one sort of proved his point.
January 16, 2008 3:13 PM
 

MARS said:

@east memphis, the one who initiated the brawl was a white guy throwing items at the basketball players, and they were the ones challenging the players on the court for a fight, and one actually went to jail for striking a player from behind in the back of the head, I guess you didnt watch the game, if you didnt go on you tube im pretty sure,

whites commit the same acts as blacks does, you just dont hear about it on the news as much,
January 16, 2008 3:21 PM
 

MARS said:

Im not defending the black students who was in the brawl, Im all for the punishment and suspensions, im just saying dont make this a race issue again,
January 16, 2008 3:46 PM
 

MARS said:

At the same time, i do feel embarrassed that our race was the ones caught in the mayhem, i wished it was mixed cultures caught in the mayhem lol,
January 16, 2008 3:53 PM
 

AmandaMommyof1 said:

Its a little harsh. The punishment. Suspend those who were involved. But, not letting students go to games? That's ridiculous. Why don't you just tell the teams to just come back next year and screw the season? That's unfair huh? So is this.
January 16, 2008 4:30 PM
 

MARS said:

@Amanda, we must know if this is the first time this has occurred, or if the schools have fought against each other in the past
January 16, 2008 4:36 PM
 

Shadyslady said:

I think Skinny Bill is a LONELY RACIST ***. What happened, did you lose you job, wife or daughter to a black man/woman?????? Everything that comes out of your mouth is stupid, racist and not worth hearing.  Why don't you crawl in a hole and retire. Nobody cares about you or your thoughts. I hope like hell that you don't have children. If you do i hope they had a decent mother(not likely, because if she had sex with you, she's whack too.) I bet you got your *** kicked a lot as a child. Stupid!!! stupid!!! stupid!!!! trailer park trash........

On the other hand, i feel the punishment was just. We have to protect innocent bystanders. No mayyer the color, this was crazy!!! I think they should have suspended all the students, and arrested all the grown-ups who participated!!!!
January 17, 2008 12:32 PM
 

oilmanandy@yahoo.com said:

they wernt all blacks there were whites too.

the school was atlantic high school in port orange fla. the next game atlantic played (using their jv squad) they still won.
January 17, 2008 4:35 PM
 

BartlettMags said:

SkinnyBill:
I can't believe you are making this into a race issue.  It doesn't matter if they were black, white, or anything else.  The fact of the matter is that a brawl erupted and the school officials acted (pay attention MCS).  Some of you may think this was an overreaction.  I probably wouldn't have made the same decision, but I can promise you that next season, there won't be any fighting going on there, not with administrators who not only talk tough, but prove it.  Because of that, I have to respect their decision.  

Anyhow, I just couldn't believe that, not only race was brought up, but that SkinnyBill automatically assumed they were black.  And before you jump on me about this post, SkinnyBill, I'm white, so quit throwing around the race card.  You're giving us a bad name.
January 18, 2008 9:54 AM
 

mad love said:

HEY--SKINNY BILL--I THINK YOU ARE GREAT. I STAND BEHIND WHATEVER YOU SAY. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!
January 19, 2008 8:27 PM
 

Static said:

   
Skinny Bill said:
Blacks behaving badly ... AGAIN!
January 16, 2008 2:23 PM


People live they way they want just like or unlike you.. The choice is personal responsibility you do the crime lock you away. consider these people and the life style they lived

Ted Bundy live among the rich killed over a 100 women

John Gacy live among middle class whites partied at the White House with Jimmy Carter killed 50 men.

I could go on and on you only prove a point of closed minded racism we all have problems when you open your eyes finally you will see it.
January 20, 2008 5:43 PM
 

Static said:

Go view this video and ask that whom should you be afraid of  this video will say it all

liveleak.com - Leaking Media to the Public  

Shooting at the Cafeteria
Shooting footage of what  have happened at the Columbine High School.
This looks pretty real...

Zero Day  tries to recreate the hole year before the Columbine Massacre, from the view of the two kids responsible for killing 12 students, 1 teacher and then killed themselves.

Very very Graphic
January 20, 2008 6:11 PM
 

@ STATIC said:

YOU ARE A RETARD.
January 21, 2008 9:20 PM
 

Static said:

   
@ STATIC said:
YOU ARE A RETARD.

And what you base this ideal on?

Your simplistic ideology that grows on your mothers chin, or the fact that your sister and not you have a pair.

Or you viewed the video of white teens killing people and laughing at the people they are shooting.
January 22, 2008 10:06 PM
 

@STATIC said:

HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED GOING TO A PSYCHIATRIST?
January 23, 2008 6:15 PM
 

Static said:

 
@STATIC said:

DEATH IS NOT FUNNY AND WHEN TEEN WHACK CASES ACT LIKE THIS THEY SHOULD BE PUT DOWN LIKE THE ANIMALS THEY EMULATE.....
January 23, 2008 10:23 PM
 

@ STATIC said:

"DEATH IS NOT FUNNY AND WHEN TEEN WHACK CASES ACT LIKE THIS THEY SHOULD BE PUT DOWN LIKE THE ANIMALS THEY EMULATE....."




WHO SAID ALL OF THAT???
January 24, 2008 6:08 PM
 

East Memphis said:

"   MARS said:
@east memphis, the one who initiated the brawl was a white guy throwing items at the basketball players, and they were the ones challenging the players on the court for a fight, and one actually went to jail for striking a player from behind in the back of the head, I guess you didnt watch the game, if you didnt go on you tube im pretty sure,

whites commit the same acts as blacks does, you just dont hear about it on the news as much,
January 16, 2008 3:21 PM  "
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I watched the game - Artest is a large animal with no impulse control.  And it might have helped if he would have assualted the "right" people.  But any white boy will do in that situation.  Your view is he is right to disrupt the game and then physically strike uninvolved participants after others in the crowd throw drinks at him - I think that is wrong but we can agree to disagree.
January 25, 2008 5:47 PM
 

E.O.O. said:

Static is someone who is very disturbed and is being chased off blogs all over the place by yours truly.He is not even good about hiding his identity.On another blog he makes the statement,''I'll get on while I wait for a client'.Then I find out he's sitting outside a home in Cordova in a yellow Stanley Steamer van.He was waiting on his client to come home to let him in to do the carpets.WHAT A MORON!
January 29, 2008 8:44 PM
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