I’ve stormed the “field” twice. Both times there were very serious injuries to people in my direct vicinity.
I really don’t care what these schools decide to do because it won’t impact me directly.
But, I do see this as one of those situations where it keeps being done because it’s within the fabric of the sport UNTIL something catastrophic happens that makes it abundantly clear that we can’t anymore.
This happens because there’s always an idiot, a psycho or an accident over long periods of data sets. Somebody will **** it up for everyone else.
As somebody who has spent the last 20 years in risk management, I concur. If they were to proactively ban it, that would be ideal from a safety perspective obviously.I’ve watched an interesting phenomenon related to safety in industry for decades. If companies proactively identify risks and implement safety measures, people freak out that it’s a waste of time and money because nothing bad has ever happened. If an incident occurs and corrective measures are taken to prevent a reoccurrence, people freak out because action should have been taken sooner.
In summary, most people are short-sighted and stupid - and waiting for consensus isn’t a viable option as a result. I expect court storming will be banned, many people will freak out because nothing bad (or bad enough) has ever happened…and life will go on just like it always does in these kinds of situations.
I’ve watched an interesting phenomenon related to safety in industry for decades. If companies proactively identify risks and implement safety measures, people freak out that it’s a waste of time and money because nothing bad has ever happened. If an incident occurs and corrective measures are taken to prevent a reoccurrence, people freak out because action should have been taken sooner.
In summary, most people are short-sighted and stupid - and waiting for consensus isn’t a viable option as a result. I expect court storming will be banned, many people will freak out because nothing bad (or bad enough) has ever happened…and life will go on just like it always does in these kinds of situations.
My people! Let’s do a JSA on court storming. Or should we watch a few and identify all the near misses?As somebody who has spent the last 20 years in risk management, I concur. If they were to proactively ban it, that would be ideal from a safety perspective obviously.
And I’m not even thinking about the injuries from storming directly, I think about what happens when some crazy fan has a knife on them.
So on brand.Lmao Flip wrote “ouch” below Wake Forests’s instagram post reporting its loss the ND this week.
Are we trying to pretend that was a horrible pass because the students were waving their fingers?BuT tHe FaNs MuSt Be KePt AwAy FrOm ThE pLaYeRs!!!
Are we trying to pretend that was a horrible pass because the students were waving their fingers?
Be better posters people.
Three thingsAre we trying to pretend that was a horrible pass because the students were waving their fingers?
Be better posters people.
Three things
1) Those fans were invading that poor guy's personal space. He has the right to be on that floor devoid of fans being "all up in his grill".
2) The catastrophically injured Duke player somehow defied medical science and made a miraculous recovery to play in that game. Hero. Warrior.
3) It was a joke.
In responseThree things
1) Those fans were invading that poor guy's personal space. He has the right to be on that floor devoid of fans being "all up in his grill".
2) The catastrophically injured Duke player somehow defied medical science and made a miraculous recovery to play in that game. Hero. Warrior.
3) It was a joke.
The dude was in a coma for 3 days after the incident. Stop diminishing the recovery. Sheesh.2) The catastrophically injured Duke player somehow defied medical science and made a miraculous recovery to play in that game. Hero. Warrior.
Pitt?I’ve always thought fans (students) were absurdly close to the players at Dbag indoor stadium. It’s not like that anywhere else in p5.
Flip O’Duke was carried off the court and we’ve had an outcry for a week that court stormers should be prosecuted federally.In response
1) the player didn’t seem the least bit concerned, or aware of, those fans
2) no one claimed he had a ‘catastrophic’ injury.
3) there is a font for sarcasm
I’ve never taken a tape measure and so I can’t tell for sure. They look closer to me in Durham.Pitt?
Flip O’Duke was carried off the court and we’ve had an outcry for a week that court stormers should be prosecuted federally.
If he wasn’t hurt, then who cares? It’d be the 14,000th consecutive court storming where no one was hurt.
Man, I like exaggeration for effect as much as the next guy, but this one is going a bit far.Flip O’Duke was carried off the court and we’ve had an outcry for a week that court stormers should be prosecuted federally.
If he wasn’t hurt, then who cares? It’d be the 14,000th consecutive court storming where no one was hurt.
But, there were definitely tears.Man, I like exaggeration for effect as much as the next guy, but this one is going a bit far.
He was helped off the court, not carried. I also didn’t see any calls for prosecution, let alone federal. But have at it.