A Boston Celtics fan has been banned from the TD Garden for two years for directing a racial slur at Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins, according to Yahoo Sports.
During the incident, the fan called Cousins the n-word when the Warriors were playing in Boston on January 26.
“During that game, there was a fan who muttered the n-word at DeMarcus Cousins,” according to Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes. “I was told DeMarcus informed one of the team security guys and they got ahold of the security team there at TD Garden. They took care of the fan, but I was told that ultimately that fan was banned for the rest of this season and next year.”
Despite the ban, many feel the punishment doesn’t fit the crime and believe the Celtics should have handed down a harsher penalty to the fan.
Earlier this season, the Utah Jazz gave a fan a lifetime ban for “excessive and derogatory verbal abuse directed at a player,” in that case Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
According to The Comeback, the Celtics should have followed suit.
“So when given the chance to follow in Utah’s footsteps and ban a racist fan for life, why not just do that?,” the site wrote. “Why not just cover your bases and make sure the very clearly racist person can’t come back in the near future, don your franchise’s jersey, and mutter the n-word again? This isn’t really the time to worry about second chances or giving people the benefit of the doubt. Buying your ticket comes with certain basic understandings and if you violate those understandings there’s no real reason to care about giving you a chance to make up for it at a later date. Bad job, bad effort, Celtics.”
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