[EKY Sportster]

Despite what anyone may think of Ian Welch, I am somewhat surprised that he would throw a punch in a game period. It isn't his style. So while I don't condone what he did, if that is what happened, I would almost guarantee that there has to be a whole lot more to this than that. I know for a fact that Ian Welch has been knocked around a lot in some games and he has never thrown any punches before that I am aware of. So there must be more to this. As to suspensions, I'm sure they will get 2 games and that is probably it. Same as fighting.

As for blame, no matter what happened, it is the refs fault for letting players get to this point. I'm sure that none of these players from either team came out from the beginning with the intent of hitting another player. So this is likely because of things that had built up over the game and the refs dropped the ball.

Hopefully everyone can learn from this game. And Courtdog, the way you stop this sort of thing is suspensions! Kids learn that there are consequences to their actions. And sometimes they also learn that jawing isn't a necessary part of basketball and can escalate into other things!!