Two stories from Yahoo! Sports about why we really need to have the high school sports authorities in the fifty states reevaluate the sport of basketball:
Point One: Texas holiday basketball tournament. One of the top prospects in the nation (as a sophomore) will be suspended for at least one game -- and probably more! -- after his little stunt when he basically hits a Sportscenter-level dunk and he completely plows in to an opposing player.
He's apparently a "small" forward -- 6' 5" and 200 pounds as a sophomore! -- and he decides that the post player is so violating his wishes to throw down that he basically runs him over.
The referee, having none of this, throws an immediate technical foul on the kid. (Personally, if it merited that, the thumb should've come right there! He didn't hang on the rim, so the technical was for staring him down afterwards.)
Not enough for the asshole, but he decides to "salute" his own fans while they're ooh-ing and aah-ing that whole situation, earning him the toss-ola within about five seconds and the automatic minimum one-game suspension.
Point Two: Of course, it could've gone far further south -- like a "game" in suburban DC on December 21st which spurred a brawl which the local police had to break up with pepper spray.
The officials had apparently lost most semblance of control, and several questionable calls weren't helping the mood any. Finally, one of the fans in attendance steps out of the audience and shoves the opposing coach. Then a fracas starts up on the other side of the court...
The accompanying video is the Miami-Florida International-esque results.
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