Crosstown Shootout Fight: Suspensions Reign Down
by Matt Opper on Dec 12, 2011 4:51 PM EST
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Word broke yesterday that the University of Cincinnati has reached an agreement on the suspensions of those UC players who were involved in the melee at the conclusion of Xaviers 76-53 win over the Bearcats on Saturday afternoon.
The punishments are as follows; 6 games for Yancy Gates, Octavius Ellis and Cheikh Mbodj for their roles in the altercation and one game for Ge'Lawn Guyn. THe NCAA mandates a one game suspension for anyone involved in an on court altercation. That NCAA penalty is included in the totals. All four Bearcats were brought before the media today. Their collective statements are on offer after the jump
Yancy Gates
"My parents didn’t raise me like that," Gates said. "A lot of people have been calling me a thug and a gangster."
"The actions that I displayed are not what I’m about," Gates said. "It’s not what UC is about, not what my family is about. It’s been a hard couple of days but those were my actions and I have to deal with what’s going on now. It could have been over for me."
Cheikh Mbodj
"I really regret this whole thing happened," Mbodj said. "I feel really embarrassed now. I want to say sorry to the Cincinnati community, to the school, to the coach. This is not the way to represent the school. I really want to apologize for my actions. I’m sorry."
Octavius Ellis
"I would like to take this time to apologize to the fans and to the coaching staff," Ellis said. "I know my actions were inappropriate."
Ge'Lawn Guyn
"I’d like to take full responsibility for what I did," Guyn said. "I’d just like to say I’m sorry."
I think that the suspensions are appropriate given the magnitude of the actions of all involved parties
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This is just flat out racism
throwing around the words thug and gangster. Who uses those terms aand who are they always directed at? The fight was wrong, but it is an ugly reminder of the way certain people are treated and labeled based on the color of their skin.
Well, one of the XU players tweeted those very same words in reference to themselves
But I think your point is valid. I have seen more than one fistfight break out after a NASCAR race for example (including one in 1979 that ESPN named the #2 “most memorable Daytona 500”). No one has ever, ever referred to a NASCAR driver as a gangster or thug.
And fentanyl ain't that like super-morphine for elephants and soldiers with their head blown off
by RoastBeefKazenzakis on Dec 13, 2011 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
Exactly. they use the term "rednecks" when they refer to those fights
which is also a racially loaded term.
Sorry
But I don’t see or hear a racial angle to any of this discussion. Race was not and is not a factor in this whole ugly set of circumstances. When I hear the terms gangster or thug I think about criminals, not skin color.
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