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Arenas suspended indefinitely.

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by old_tony, Jan 6, 2010.

  1. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    I am not sure if Michael Vick ever pulled a gun on a dog, though.
     
  2. Trey Beamon

    Trey Beamon Active Member

    Interesting BLOG! post by Dan Steinberg. Here's an excerpt:

    After the incident went down, and Gilbert's gun possession in the locker room became public, he made a jumper against Memphis and then playfully holstered his pretend weapons. Now, the world hadn't yet heard about the locker room incident in any detail, and most of us were still taking him at his word that he was just trying to get the guns out of his house, but Gilbert and his teammates all knew what had happened. To anyone paying attention, the message was clear: Gilbert still believed this entire episode to be a hilarious joke.

    http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2010/01/why_arenas_was_unfit_to_take_t.html#more
     
  3. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    Gilbert needs to grow up. Plain and simple. Hopefully, he does it away from the Wizards. Maybe even away from the NBA.
     
  4. fishhack2009

    fishhack2009 Active Member

    Exactly. The National Gun Association wants any yahoo with a pulse to be able to pack. When will they stand up and defend Arenas' Second Amendment rights?
     
  5. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    If the original NY Post story said or implied that Crittendon pointed a weapon at Arenas, does Crittendon have cause for litigation? (This, of course, assumes he didn't touch the gun.)
     
  6. OnTheRiver

    OnTheRiver Active Member

    I haven't been around much this week, but surely someone's already drawn the comparison between Gilbert Arenas and that scene from "Semi-Pro"...



    (Skip to 1:12 if you want to bypass the orgy and blowjob jokes)
     
  7. franticscribe

    franticscribe Well-Known Member

    Pointing a gun at someone can be considered assault (depending on the circumstances) and carrying an unlicensed handgun in D.C. is a misdemeanor which can be a felony (depending on the circumstances). He might be able to make a libel claim on either one of those grounds.

    But he'd have to show that the Post printed it with knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for the truth, which can be quite difficult.
     
  8. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    True enough. I just wonder if a one-source story alleging potentially criminal conduct counts as reckless disregard.
     
  9. fishhack2009

    fishhack2009 Active Member

    Why would we want to do that? :D

    And don't call me Shirley...
     
  10. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    There are three huge factors that writers such as Whitlock just ignore:

    1. There is a clear league policy in place that there are to be no weapons on league facility properties;

    2. D.C. has a strict anti-handgun ordinance with very few exceptions (which do not apply to Arenas); and

    3. Arenas had a prior handgun offense on his record.

    He can laugh all he wants, but he's a father and the sooner he starts acting in the best interests of his kids, the better off they will be (no moving them to his locker room is not in the best interests of his kids no matter many times he says that.)
     
  11. fishhack2009

    fishhack2009 Active Member

    Would a lower-echelon NBA player like Crittendon be viewed as a public figure for libel law purposes?
     
  12. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Why isn't that racist fuck Donald Sterling suspended from the NBA? Let's get comments from Stern about that.
     
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