(02-10-2014 09:41 AM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  1. TT is in the final moments of a heated game, gives up a break away layup and has to foul the guy.

2. Great player on the losing team hears something from a fan.

3. Great player turns around and pushes the fan.

4. Announcer says he heard someone say the fan called the great player a racial epithet.

5. Nobody else close to the situation says anything about a racial epithet.

6. Smart issues a classy apology without any accusations about what was said.

7. Fan issues an apology, says he won't attend any games for the rest of the year.

8. Fan also clarifies that he said nothing racist, just called him a piece of crap (classy guy).

9. Nobody from the scene is refuting the fan's version.



Is any of this wrong? If not, the public anger needs to dial down a bit.

That's how I see it as well. 2 people made a mistake in a tense situation and apologized and owned it. Both have been disciplined and accepted it. Seems to me the situation was handled just fine.

People riding TTech fans a whole over this should consider how this thing could have escalated. I'll be honest, if some opponent comes into our crowd and shoves somebody, the chances it ends there seem pretty low. I am not a TTech fan, but I don't see giving them a bad rap for this.