Dumb people strike again!

[sh17]

sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4159699

Watch the video closely, and you will see that all Davis does is kinda move the kid and knock his hat off. He did no physical harm, and if anything the kid wasn't paying attention to the action on the court. I don't know exactly what this dad is trying to accomplish, but if I'm Davis or the Celtics I do not apologize. He did nothing which warrants an apology.

[Bubba JD]

they're pissed over a bump? a lousy fucking bump is setting them off? if all that happened was knocking a hat off, then this dumbass needs to get over it.

i've seen fans get worse injuries at minor league baseball games. fan at a local game ended up with a foul ball landing on top of his head, after bouncing off a balconey above him. think the team payed for his medical expenses, settling things pretty easily. the injured fan didn't want to push it, as it was just bad enough to keep him in the hospital overnight.

if a fan with legit reasons doesn't do anything, i don't see why this guy should go around complaining. just an asshole that wants attention & money.

[sh17]

I went to a Stars-Penguins game in March, and one of the pucks was hit over the glass on accident and hit a woman. She was bleeding bad, but received immediate medical care. The team also payed for her other medical bills, and gave her tickets and gear. That woman would have a right to what this man wants. However, this guy is nothing but an attention whore who thinks that just because his kid was barely touched by a player he needs to raise Hell. If anything, he has put is child in more jeopardy than Davis did. The child is obviously overweight in the video, and that will do more damage than that teeny tiny little "bump" will.

[Wench]

To me all it looked like the father wanted was an apology which I feel his kid deserved. It does look like an accidental bump which should get an apology.

If you accidentally bump into someone, wouldn't you apologize?

Now if he wanted money, I'd see a problem.

[Reaper]

No there is no need for an apology at all, if anything the kid should apologize to the player. The kid was in the dudes way and to be honest, shouldn't have been there to begin with. Its a problem I see with the NBA right now is that while its more fun for people to be that close to the action, with the way society works anymore with over sensitive people its a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Put the fans back a little more and that way this ignorant kid who wasn't paying attention wouldn't get in the way. I agree that the father of this child is embarrassing himself. I can tell you right now that when I played sports and some idiot that happened to get into the playing area got ran over, nudged, bumped or even hurt wouldn't get an apology from me because I'm out there doing what I'm there to do.

The way I feel the kid shouldn't have been there, it'd be like if I randomly went into the backroom (where I'm not supposed to be) of say a Wal-Mart and was bumped by the employee, I wouldn't feel the need to have an apology given to me cuz its my fault.

The father is just trying to get attention (at the expense of his son, WHO probably didn't care) and figured people would jump on his bandwagon because of how much society has turned into an overprotective bunch of sissies. This guy should grow a set and get over it and he should be lucky that HIS KID didn't trip up the player and hurt him. Lame ass.

[Bubba JD]

well said, Reaper. there are times when apologies shouldn't be handed out. i've been bumped harder then that at work, over the years. i never expected apologies because in certain jobs, you expect people to bump into you. like, in my case, i work in restaraunts. i know that whenever you get into the kitchen, things can get a bit tight. therefore, you just live with it when you get bumped.

if anything, i'd make sure to watch out for people, as much as possible, in order to try & give them room (if possible).