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[niharjhatn]

Being a basketball follower... this has been wafted around a lot recently...

US College Basketball Team Gets In China Fight

Posted on Friday, August 19, 2011 by admin


The United States college basketball team, The Georgetown Hoyas got a little more than they bargained for while on tour in China. Georgetown, playing the professional Chinese team the Bayi Military Rockets from Ningbo in the Beijing Olympic Basketball Stadium were drawing the match at 64 apiece when it all kicked off. Footage seems to show more Chinese aggression than American, and at one point both Chinese players and fans start to kick and punch the college students armed with weapons such as chairs and stanchions. Ironically, the game was billed as the second game of a two-day "China-U.S. Basketball Friendship Match" in Beijing. Georgetown intended for the team's 10-day trip to China to be an athletic, cultural and educational exchange designed to promote the school internationally. The game was abandoned after the punch-up.

While it is unclear what sparked the brawl, what does seem apparent is that the Chinese professional team was attacking the American college students with some force. China has some way to go to mend on its diminishing reputation in sporting events, with fights occurring between Chinese teams and foreign players in several other episodes, not least a notorious brawl in London between the Chinese soccer team and Queens Park Rangers. Whether a result of a state induced over-enthusiastic increase in national pride amongst young Chinese, or a lack of sporting discipline endemic across the board in China is a question that needs to be asked, however China cannot afford as a nation to continue to have its sports teams regularly engaging in on-field hooliganism in what should be seen as cultural and sporting exchanges, not platforms for international rivalry so fierce it descends into violence. The participation in friendly sporting events with Chinese teams may now legitimately be seen as carrying some risk. It has also been embarrassing for the US and China Governments at the highest levels – US Vice-President Joe Biden watched the first game and will be unhappy to have his entire trip now linked to this event.

No wonder, as a result, China's neighbors look askance at the countries military and financial build up in the face of what can at best, be described as unsporting. Needless to say, China's censors have acted quickly – coverage and commentary about the fight has been deleted from Chinese websites. When China misbehaves, it really doesn't want the world to see, which is why, in China, the video below cannot be downloaded. Nonetheless, social questions as to why such behavior seems to mar friendly sports matches involving Chinese teams need to be asked.

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Reading comments/reactions... seems like some serious deepseated issues need to be fixed...

 

[niharjhatn]

There was a HUGE freethrow imbalance as well, the chinese team had 57 FT's....... to......(guess).... 15 for georgetown!

Then again, I'd be pretty pissed if I had 57 freethrows and only scored 64 points LOL

 

[Dovah]

BOYCOTT WALMART and problem solve!! hahaha

This was one of the top rated comments.
Seriously, there should be a tax on being stupid.

 

[Daredevil]

Looks like the Chinese players are the offenders here. May be the US basketball teams should boycott playing in China anymore.

 

[niharjhatn]

This was one of the top rated comments.
Seriously, there should be a tax on being stupid.

Yeah definitely...but some of the racism in the comments... unbelievable

That freethrow number is astonishing however!

But look at some of the pics, tell me if this is normal behaviour for a "goodwill tour"

 

[niharjhatn]

Looks like the Chinese players are the offenders here. May be the US basketball teams should boycott playing in China anymore.

Heh... Barca v Real is nothing compared to what happened here!