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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: TheSarge on January 06, 2010, 05:40:51 PM
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NEW YORK -- Gilbert Arenas was suspended without pay Wednesday by NBA commissioner David Stern, who determined the player's behavior made him "not currently fit to take the court."
A day after the Washington Wizards guard was photographed before a game in Philadelphia pointing his index fingers, as if they were guns, at his teammates, Stern warned the former All-Star that his conduct will "ultimately result in a substantial suspension, and perhaps worse."
Arenas is under investigation by federal and local authorities after admittedly bringing guns to the locker room. Stern originally planned to wait to take action, but he tired of Arenas' behavior.
Arenas met with law enforcement officials Monday and said the next day that he feared Stern more than the authorities because the commissioner was "mean."
"Although it is clear that the actions of Mr. Arenas will ultimately result in a substantial suspension, and perhaps worse, his ongoing conduct has led me to conclude that he is not currently fit to take the court in an NBA game," Stern said in a statement. "Accordingly, I am suspending Mr. Arenas indefinitely, without pay, effective immediately pending the completion of the investigation by the NBA."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4802267
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What, consequences? Cool.
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Cries of racism in 3-2-1.......
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He just pissed away 9 million with his gangsta attitude. Stupid does not accurately describe this idiot.
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Perhaps the guns in the locker room was too much, but seriously, being suspended for a f'n gesture?? That's a little overboard IMO. Where does this end?? If one flips the bird at somebody, they get fired?? Are people attempting to limit free speech?? No Sir, I just don't like this. (I could GAF about Arenas and who/ what he is)
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Thor, consider it a combination of the two. Certainly he didn't learn from his first run-in. This is to show that they're actualy serious.
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I wish people would stop looking up to athletes as role models and heroes. The athletes of today garner as much honor as a prostitute.
And that may be too insulting to prostitutes.
What has happened to real athletes like Jimmy Abbott?
Hey you athletes, you are a bunch of over-payed drug-sex addicts. You are not worth a penny of your mega-bloated salaries. :bird: :bird: :bird:
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I wish people would stop looking up to athletes as role models and heroes. The athletes of today garner as much honor as a prostitute.
And that may be too insulting to prostitutes.
What has happened to real athletes like Jimmy Abbott?
Hey you athletes, you are a bunch of over-payed drug-sex addicts. You are not worth a penny of your mega-bloated salaries. :bird: :bird: :bird:
I agree and I would like to include the Hollywood and Music crowd into that statement. (at least the Pop/ Hip-hop music crowd, with maybe a couple of exceptions)
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I agree and I would like to include the Hollywood and Music crowd into that statement. (at least the Pop/ Hip-hop music crowd, with maybe a couple of exceptions)
You know it's very rare to see a young person look up to someone like Peter Paul Rubens or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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My heroes were John Wayne, Dwight D Eisenhower, Jimmy Stewart, and Glenn Miller when I was young. I still have the utmost respect for them even though they're long gone.
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Perhaps the guns in the locker room was too much, but seriously, being suspended for a f'n gesture?? That's a little overboard IMO. Where does this end?? If one flips the bird at somebody, they get fired?? Are people attempting to limit free speech?? No Sir, I just don't like this. (I could GAF about Arenas and who/ what he is)
I agree with the second part.
But what's the big deal about the guns in the locker room?
Did it violate some federal or local law?
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Did it violate some federal or local law?
I dunno, but getting fired for bringing a gun to work seems legit to me.
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I dunno, but getting fired for bringing a gun to work seems legit to me.
I dunno.
A person traveling to and from work has a right to defend their person.
It is reasonable for an employer to require weapons to be secured--such as in the trunnk of a car--while the employee is on the owner's property but I don't think the RKBA was written only for weekends and holidays.
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I agree with the second part.
But what's the big deal about the guns in the locker room?
Did it violate some federal or local law?
Yes and yes.
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I agree and I would like to include the Hollywood and Music crowd into that statement. (at least the Pop/ Hip-hop music crowd, with maybe a couple of exceptions)
AGREED! :cheersmate:
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I dunno, but getting fired for bringing a gun to work seems legit to me.
Bullshit. and what MSB said.
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...what MSB said.
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Whoa!
Thor agreed with me.
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Just another nut with a gun that has the potential to make all gun owners look bad.
:banghead: :mental: :thatsright:
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Such a shame that Washington's NBA team is no longer called the "Bullets"....