EPTAmerican college team in brawl with Chinese team - Page 3
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nordlyset
Norway38 Posts
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JoeSchmoe
Canada2058 Posts
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droxe
Germany95 Posts
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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Deleted User 3420
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Pure speculation though, I couldn't tell wtf happened in the video. | ||
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Dagobert
Netherlands1858 Posts
On August 19 2011 06:08 lithium3n wrote: More sinophobia threads, first bear bile, then hunting of endangered animals. Since when are Americans endangered animals? They don't seem endangered at all. | ||
p4NDemik
United States13896 Posts
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JinDesu
United States3990 Posts
On August 19 2011 06:37 Dagobert wrote: Since when are Americans endangered animals? They don't seem endangered at all. I think he's talking about that thread where some chinese areas are allowing hunters to shoot endangered animals for a price. | ||
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Newbistic
China2912 Posts
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poorbeggarman
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On August 19 2011 06:37 Dagobert wrote: Since when are Americans endangered animals? They don't seem endangered at all. A sign of things to come? Hint:2012 | ||
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Tachion
Canada8573 Posts
Mex Carey, Georgetown's sports information director, told ESPN.com that the game was "very physical," with 57 free throws taken by Bayi to just 15 for Georgetown, and quickly spun out of control. According to the Washington Post, coach John Thompson III pulled his team off the court with the score tied at 64 midway through the fourth quarter 57 free throws, 64 points in 4th quarter. sounds like the chinese aren't very good free throw shooters! | ||
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liepzig
Singapore45 Posts
That said, it's had to believe that some US posters are truly unbiased when they say things like "it was definitely instigated by the Chinese team." Were you there? People fight all the time. Let's not make this into a race/nationality thing. | ||
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Deleted User 183001
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So basically the background is that Georgetown was getting their asses handed to them, and they started getting real rough, and then that Chinese team retaliated? Was it worth making a China bashing thread over it? I think either team for being idiots is unacceptable, but making a thread for the purpose of expressing xenophobia is pretty lame. That said, the video hardly shows much, so I don't understand the bias of the OP. | ||
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BloodNinja
United States2791 Posts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/fight-ends-georgetown-basketball-exhibition-in-china/2011/08/18/gIQAs1zeNJ_story.html Written by Gene Wang from the Washington Post who I understand was actually at the game. Oh yeah, and the photo that will accompany this story for every paper in the world: ![[image loading]](http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_404h/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2011/08/18/Sports/Images/2011-08-18T160349Z_01_PEK905R_RTRIDSP_3_CHINA.jpg) While the events don't necessarily look great for the US/Georgetown, this is an absolute disgrace for China. Especially considering the brawl that occurred last year (China v Brazil brawl video linked earlier by another poster). What exactly are the refs doing putting the game in that position and then wtf is security doing standing around while a brawl is occurring. I dont know if that guy in the picture works for the team but he certainly doesn't appear to be a player who might have been caught up in the heat of the moment. Not to mention the fact Chinese players were using chairs as weapons. | ||
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semantics
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On August 19 2011 06:42 Tachion wrote: 57 free throws, 64 points in 4th quarter. sounds like the chinese aren't very good free throw shooters! more sounds like they aren't very good players, 49 extra free throws and the game is tied at 64 points each in the 4th + Show Spoiler + can't wait for someone in the media to call it racism XD | ||
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AngryFarmer
United States560 Posts
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zalz
Netherlands3704 Posts
Playing rough doesn't land you a 40 foul difference. I wish i could come up with a comparison to show just how massive and utterly insane that difference is. There is only one way to get that kind of a difference, to play a Chinese team and get a ref that takes the game into his own hands. That said, if you look at the video: 1) The Chinese players throws the first punch 2) The Chinese team rushes onto the court and gangs up on one kid I know people on TL tend to hate the US and love everything Asian but i do hope people can atleast be so unbiased that when looking at video evidence, they can be honest about what's happening. | ||
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Wren
United States745 Posts
The Big East is a rough conference, and Georgetown is a physical team that will occasionally border on something worse. This was essentially the perfect combination, with a rough American team vs. a rough army team. I'm glad nobody got hurt, but am way more amused by this incident than surprised. edit: the incidents started before the video does, you can't take the first moments of the video as the start of the incident. | ||
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[Agony]x90
United States853 Posts
I'm not saying that there wasn't bias on the ref's part (there probably was), but I also bet that the American team was playing a different game than the Chinese were used to. This may have lead to frustration, because what is possibly normally considered "dirty" playing by the Chinese is totally normal for Americans. | ||
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Contagious
United States1319 Posts
On August 19 2011 06:19 Condor Hero wrote: If this was between two NBA teams, the first thing I think of is not "holy shit, refs are being bought" I would think "holy shit one team played really rough and got a lot of fouls called..." but I guess once it's another country involved, American pride overtakes common sense right? This would happen to any country, not just America. Don't try and make it sound like it's all "America's" fault. Sometimes you get terrible refs, and none of us have seen the game so none of us can comment on what specifically happen, but 54 free throws to 15 is pretty fucking ridiculous, but I've take it you've probably never watched/played basketball. | ||
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