Rev. Al Sharpton spoke with David Stern by phone Monday and says the NBA commissioner needs to come down hard on Gilbert Arenas for bringing guns to the Verizon Center last month.
"The NBA needs to stand up and send a strong message by dealing with this situation," Sharpton told the New York Daily News Monday.
Sharpton was also not happy with black leadership groups for not speaking out about the "culture of violence being perpetuated in professional sports." ESPn
I almost fell over in my seat when I read this. Al Sharpton normally will defend any wrongdoing by a black person blindly no matter what they did, but for him to say this you know Arenas is fucked. Like I said yesterday, I hope Gilbert Arenas gets his contract voided and suspended for the rest of the year. he has already been in trouble for firearms off the court and there is no reason for him to have a gun in the locker room. By him doing that, gives more of a stereotype for NBA players to be these thugs and he should be punished for tarnishing all of these players reputations along with the Bullets, I mean Wizards. I expect the players association will fight this tooth and nail, but this is David Sterns time to send a hard message to every player including Arenas.
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