Why is the MLB so accepting of fights and confrontation but not the NBA

[Dr. Ice]

I mean look at this, their youtube channel even has a PLAYLIST of baseball brawls, meanwhile basketball players can't even step off the bench without the world ending.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...ion_1006439009

Baseball, football, hockey and soccer all seem perfectly fine with letting their players show some emotion towards the opposing team, why is basketball so soft when compared to them?

[buddha]

when white people fight "tough guys" when black people fight "thugs"

[funnystuff]

Because its the most exciting thing in baseball by a far margin

[bdreason]

White people fighting is just "boys being boys". Black people fighting scares the predominantly white audience.

[navy]

Some how the narrative got changed from players fighting in the nba. It use to be that it was just apart of the game.

Now they will be labeled thugs and eviscerated by the media. Maybe it was the iverson era or the malice in the palace.

[ABfor3]

White people fighting is just "boys being boys". Black people fighting scares the predominantly white audience.

This is the truth

[Bobcats2013]

because Basketball is trying the hardest to be the most liberal out of all those other sports.

that and we don't need another malice in the palace situation, remember basketball fans are right in front of the action.

[iamgine]

For the players' safety. They are NBA's prized assets after all.

[305Baller]

2 words: Rudy Tomjanovich

[tomtucker]

I mean look at this, their youtube channel even has a PLAYLIST of baseball brawls, meanwhile basketball players can't even step off the bench without the world ending.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...ion_1006439009

Baseball, football, hockey and soccer all seem perfectly fine with letting their players show some emotion towards the opposing team, why is basketball so soft when compared to them?

not soccer......you get the boot if you start stuff...



..thanks for the link, good shit.......

[sportjames23]

when white people fight "tough guys" when black people fight "thugs"

This.

White people fighting is just "boys being boys". Black people fighting scares the predominantly white audience.

And this.


In hockey and baseball, it's considered part of the game. In basketball, it's frowned upon, like it's the worst thing in the history of mankind.

The first two leagues are majority white, while the NBA is majority black.

You can do the math.

[sportjames23]

2 words: Rudy Tomjanovich

Thing is, the Rudy Tomjanovich thing happened in 1977. There were still plenty of good NBA fights after that. Stern tripping over the Malice at the Palace is what got us to where we are today, with NBA players getting suspended even if they move 5 feet away from the bench if a fight starts.

[sportjames23]

because Basketball is trying the hardest to be the most liberal out of all those other sports.

that and we don't need another malice in the palace situation, remember basketball fans are right in front of the action.

Funny thing that--there were worse fights than that back in the day. When the league was majority white, they had no problem with players fighting right in front of the fans.

[JonatanRey]

Because the NBA is the classiest organization our eyes have ever seen. They have proved to be an example for all.

[Nikola_]

black sport, white rules