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Auburn Hills Pistons
November 21, 2004
This story on Woodtv.com points out that people in the City of Detroit are trying to defend their image in the wake of the Pacers/Pistons brawl. I feel for the people of Detroit. The Pistons play in Auburn Hills, not Detroit. And, making a broad characterization, looking at the fans involved in the fight, I’d bet good money that the fans who took swings are not from Detroit themselves, most likely the more afluent suburbs. I know, I’m making a generalization, but aren’t generalizations based on some fact?
EDIT: I just read a story that identified the initial cup-throwing fan as a resident of West Bloomfield Township. I think this helps support my argument. :)
What I’m more saddened by is the state of sports and entertainment in this country in the first place. Why do we pay athletes and entertainers millions of dollars while we pay cops, firefighters, teachers and other public servants next to nothing? Also, what do these fans say about the current state of society? How about the Red Sox/Yankees game that included riot police along the outfield? Why do we let games take over our lives like that?
Posted by paul at November 21, 2004 11:13 PM
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Brandon said on November 27, 2004 07:35 PMThe NY Times agrees:
"Who knows? Maybe the next time the suburbanites of Auburn Hills storm the Palace, the Pistons will consider fleeing back to the city, from where they never should have left."
jason said on November 29, 2004 10:31 AMPaul, maybe those were rhetorical questions. Irregardless, I would have to venture to say that the reason we let games take over our lives is that for some reason those games are more "entertaining" than their lives. These games are a glamorized version of the way we want our lives to be. Any excuse to enter into this glamorized life will be taken. So if throwing a mug of beer at an already embattled star is going to allow you to enter into that life, then, hey by all means go for it. ( Or so says our society) It is almost like those people were creating their own reality tv show, or cashing in on their fifteen minutes of fame. Now the question is...Would I be above that sort of behavior?
Paul said on November 29, 2004 12:40 PMVery good point Jason.
paul said on November 29, 2004 04:48 PMthis is a reminder to myself to write a post about the holiday shopping this weekend - the $ numbers and the Michigan Daily's article that said $ was down... but other reports said was up.