LaVar Ball forces Adidas to replace ref mid-game, then gets ejected, AAU game called off

[Dr. Strange]

LaVar Ball is a maniac. An absolute maniac. Sometimes his act is fun. Sometimes it’s not. On Friday morning in Las Vegas, at the Adidas Uprising AAU event, it was not. It was ugly. It was embarrassing.

Ball, for the second time in a week, threatened to pull his AAU team off the court after receiving a technical foul. Last weekend, he did pull them off the court. This week, his threat somehow compelled Adidas, the organizers of the AAU event, to replace the referee who had assessed LaVar with a technical, according to reports from those in attendance.

LaVar then picked up a second technical foul, and again pulled his team off the court. He was ejected from the game, but reportedly refused to leave the floor. That prompted organizers to call off the game altogether...


https://sports.yahoo.com/lavar-ball-threatens-pull-aau-team-off-court-forces-adidas-replace-ref-mid-game-160917511.html

Partially about sports, but LeVar's behavior and Adidas' probable upcoming PR disaster go beyond the court.

[grossproffit]

1. This seems to be a pattern with him. Last year he had an issue w/ a female reporter.

Asked to explain why he believes the ref has a vendetta, LaVar said, “Because she’s a woman who’s trying to act — I get that she’s trying to break into the referee thing. But just giving techs and calling fouls, that’s no way to do it. I know what she trying to say: ‘I gave LaVar, I gave him a tech, I’m strong.’ That ain’t got nothing to do with it. Just call the game.

[cwydro]

2. What ugly behavior.

Holy hell.

[brush]

3. His 15 minutes just ran out.

[Moostache]

4. It works...people with media on them behaving badly? Growth industry...

This sick society LOVES shit like this....I swear, it is well past time for Climate Change and evolution to kick homo sapiens ass and start over...

[old guy]

5. Kinda puts in question the mantra that sports builds character.

[HAB911]

7. Sports and the company you keep

https://www.democraticunderground.com/12103320

[exboyfil]

6. Welcome to the WWE

Adidas better do something fast. There objectivity is strongly in question. The AAU also has a problem.

[Initech]

8. And my fellow Lakers fans wonder why I cringed when they signed him.

He's not at UCLA anymore. This is not going to end well for him.

[GeorgeGist]

9. If his sons are dumb as their dad ...

they won't last long in the NBA.

[BannonsLiver]

10. Who is LeVar Bell?

[Jim Beard]

12. I don't know either.

[USALiberal]

11. Your title should of said "Female Ref" since that was no doubt his issue. n/t

[Jim Beard]

13. We certianly have some piss poor role models for our children. + tRump