A nasty brawl broke out earlier today between Georgetown men's basketball team and the Bayi Rockets in Beijing, coinciding with Vice President Joe Biden's visit to China. (Geez Joe, can't take you anywhere).
In the fourth quarter, two players threw a couple of shoves after a call. It quickly erupted into a full-blown scuffle: guys on both teams threw out punches, tossed chairs, tackled one another. (What is this, football?) The crowd threw water bottles as the Hoyas team. (What is this, European football?) Not the kind of stuff you want to see at a goodwill game.
Refs never restarted the clock, and the score remained tied at 64 points.
Biden wasn't in attendance. The previous day, he watched the Georgetown beat the Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons 98-81.
Georgetown coach John Thompson III said in a statement, "We sincerely regret that this situation occurred." A U.S. Embassy official referred to the chaos an unfortunate incident.
Georgetown and the Rockets are scheduled to play again Sunday in Shanghai.
Biden met with Xi Jinping, his Chinese counterpart who is widely expected to take over the Communist Party next year.
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This is something Americans can and do very well. They want to fight at the drop of a hat and show how disrespectful they are. This is very sad!
The Chinese were the first to rush the floor and kick the Americans on the ground. Chinese teams are famous in Asia for always starting fights. The Chinese fans were even worse, throwing their bottles at the opposing team. Disgraceful!
Musta thought it was a flash-mob.
Typical Chinese athletic team, comprised mostly of ex-PLA soldiers and owned by the Chinese Military.
Also, it should be pointed out that there was either a complete lack of security at that game or they just didn't care b/c the people who were in danger are American, black or both.
Between the calls the Chinese were getting during the game and their general attitude in sporting events; I really don't understand why anyone goes over there for any kind of 'good will' event as it's not something the Chinese have ever expressed outside of their Olympic ceremonies and events.
There are not ex-PLA. These are serving PLA thugs.
Gone Wrong ? What "wrong" ? Everything just worked out as planned. The Chinese team beat up the American team, right ?