Another reason why the NBA sucks, but not the reason you were thinking:
Last week, a fan was moved to a new seat and issued a written warning for heckling Head Coach Isiah Thomas; the card read “You are being issued a warning that the comments, gestures and/or behaviors that you have directed at players, coaches, game officials and/or other spectators constitute excessive verbal abuse.” On Monday, a fan had a “Fire Isiah sign” confiscated, pursuant to a policy that prohibits signs that block the views of other patrons.
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But at some point won’t teams figure out this is not worth it? In exchange for removing one sign that probably was not blocking anyone’s view (see above), the team gets more bad publicity and it sent the fans into the streets, literally: A “Fire Isiah” rally was held on the 7th Avenue side of the Garden today, complete with an 8-foot-tall pink slip. Maybe the Knicks are so desensitized to bad publicity at this point that it does not matter.
Not a sport likely to embrace “hey let’s let the fans fire the manager every four years” model.