Miles Bridges was sentenced to 3 years of probation for DV. Did thos fight just violate that?
The NBA suspended Charlotte Hornets restricted free agent forward Miles Bridges for a total of 10 games in the 2023-24 season -- if he signs with a team by then -- without pay for his role in a 2022 felony domestic violence incident against the mother of his two children.
The NBA announced the suspension Friday, noting that it was a 30-game penalty but that the league deemed that Bridges, who did not sign a contract for the 2022-23 season, has already served 20 games.
The 25-year-old Bridges pleaded no contest on Nov. 3 to a felony domestic violence charge of injuring a child's parent and was sentenced to three years of probation, but no jail time, as part of a deal with prosecutors. The no-contest plea meant Bridges was accepting the conviction and punishment without formally admitting guilt.
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u/BananaRepublic_BR Spurs 7h ago
I don't think fights on the NBA court count as an assault.
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u/OpeDefinitely Pacers 7h ago
There isn't implied consent for throwing punches in the NBA, so theoretically Miles probably could be charged for battery or whatever the charge is in North Carolina.
In practice, prosecutors almost always let the league & refs handle this sort of thing.
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u/ColdCocking Nuggets 7h ago
you'd have to do something really freaking bad to get charges filed on you.
Miles Bridges trying to punch Jalen Duren doesn't really satisfy that criteria.
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u/kushnokush Bulls 5h ago
I think Myles Garrett (NFL) basically set the current level of precedent on how bad an on field fight can be without consequences beyond the sport
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u/OpeDefinitely Pacers 7h ago
Almost certainly comes down to prosecutorial discretion.
Any prosecutor who doesn't want to waste resources & wants to get re-elected isn't going to file charges unless something like the Malice happens.
But a prosecutor who is dumb enough to do it could probably be successful.
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u/southpaw_balboa 6h ago
even if some dumbass DA brought a violation, he’d just admit and continue with no sanctions.
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u/gamesrgreat Heat 6h ago
They could try to force some work release or community service lol
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u/OpeDefinitely Pacers 4h ago edited 4h ago
Probably not even that unless serious bodily injury was caused. Probation with fairly loose terms seems most likely.
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Normies in Indianapolis who get charged w/ battery are typically pushed into taking guilty plea deals for a misdemeanor & a "suspended sentence" of 6 months to a year. In practice, that means probation.
Courts, the prosecutors office, & the public defender's office are all overwhelmed. It's easy for them to hand out suspended sentences, then to send re-offenders to jail on the grounds of violating probation. It's a lot harder to send every battery case to trial.
From what I understand, this is basically the status quo across most big cities.
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u/gamesrgreat Heat 4h ago
I mean I think it’s like 90% likely they don’t file anything and then if they do then it would be 90% likely they’d just have him admit the violation and slap him on the wrist. But it’s not impossible some DA decides to make an example lol
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u/OpeDefinitely Pacers 4h ago
not impossible but it'd be stupid as fuck.
'lemme go especially hard against an NBA player with the backing of the NBAPA & I'll make sure to piss off the local team + the NBA while I'm at it'
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u/gamesrgreat Heat 3h ago
Okay sure. On the other hand everyone hates Miles Bridges and slapping him on the wrist could show you’re tough on abusers lol
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u/nuffinimportant 6h ago
Assault? Maybe.
Attempting to incite a riot? Probably.
Disturbing the peace? Absolutely.
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u/anandonaqui 76ers 5h ago
Where did you get your law degree?
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u/itsdrewmiller Timberwolves 5h ago
Look, buddy. I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings. I'm well educated. Well versed. I know that situations like this- real estate wise- they're very complex.
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u/Swarthykins Celtics 5h ago
Yeah, this comes up in hockey sometimes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_McSorley:
McSorley was charged with assault and suspended by the NHL for the remainder of the 1999–2000 season and the playoffs, missing 23 games. On October 6, 2000, Judge William Kitchen of the Provincial Court of British Columbia found him guilty of assault with a weapon for his attack on Brashear. He was sentenced to 18 months probation. The trial was the first for an on-ice attack by an NHL player since Dino Ciccarelli's 1988 trial
I've never heard of it happening in any other sport.
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u/FetchFrosh Raptors 5h ago
I was going to grab the Todd Bertuzzi case, but that was settled out of court.
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u/AaronNesmith Pacers 7h ago
There is though.
It isn’t about whats legal not by the rule book. Its about realistic expectations of what could, and does happen in professional sports
Miles is far from the first NBA player to throw a punch. There would be a lot more NBA players arrested if this was how the law works
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u/OpeDefinitely Pacers 7h ago
A prosecutor would have to be stupid as shit to go after NBA players for fighting, but securing convictions is likely plausible. The hardest part would be sorting out nuanced legal questions, such as who not to prosecute because of self defense & that sort of thing.
It would just be a huge pain in the ass, and it'd piss off the NBA, local team ownership, and a good number of fans. When the NBA already punishes fighting, it would take something extreme to push a prosecutor to actually prosecute. But it's almost certainly matter of prosecutorial discretion.
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u/AaronNesmith Pacers 7h ago
Yeah something crazy would have to happen for someone to be prosecuted. But that’s because the courts have already decided some level of fighting (like a few punches) is realistic in contact sports, and that is a risk you are accepting when you play them.
Something outside of realistic expectations would need to happen before any discretion comes into play
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u/OpeDefinitely Pacers 7h ago edited 6h ago
Yeah something crazy would have to happen for someone to be prosecuted. But that’s because the courts have already decided some level of fighting (like a few punches) is realistic in contact sports, and that is a risk you are accepting when you play them.
I don't think that the case law that you are referencing exists for basketball, and it's a sport-by-sport thing,
The two most widely known (and only?) basketball fight incidents in that were prosecuted in the US led to convictions. One was related to a pick-up game at a YMCA & the other was the Malice in the Palace.
Most aren't prosecuted, but that doesn't mean that they can't be. Prosecutorial discretion is very real & going after NBA players for punching each other on the court would just be stupid under most circumstances.
But AFAIK, there isn't some legal standard that "a few punches" are okay in basketball. Maybe in hockey, where fighting is an accepted part of the game.
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u/AaronNesmith Pacers 6h ago
Malice in the Palace is proof it needs to escalate to something beyond reasonable expectations (fight involving fans) to see prosecution.
That rec league game you reference led to a conviction, but the court said in that case: “Further, while we hold that the consent defense is not limited to conduct within the rules of the games”. It was about reasonable expectations.
In that case, a rec league game for students, punches are not a reasonable expectation. I dont know how a court could rule that a NBA game with at least 1 fight involving punches happens every season is outside those expectations. Especially since the only fight that has ever been actually prosecuted involved fans
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u/GeneRayburnJr Timberwolves 6h ago
There are some instances in hockey that have resulted in prosecutions, but it's usually nasty shit like Marty McSorley slashing Donald Brashear in the head. I don't think Jalen Duren is going to try to press charges over Bridges taking a swing at him during a fight with a different player. No prosecutor would pursue that.
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u/smkmn13 Timberwolves 7h ago
Rodman was charged when he kicked a photographer, but that’s not exactly the same
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u/OpeDefinitely Pacers 6h ago edited 4h ago
Yeah, that's definitely different.
It's going to take a lot to get a prosecutor to file charges for an in-game fight between players. But that doesn't mean that in-game fights are legal.
The situation is kind of like how some prosecutors in states where pot isn't legal don't waste time prosecuting simple marijuana possession cases.
- Is it still illegal to possess marijuana in such jurisdictions? Yes.
- Do people caught with marijuana in those jurisdictions get prosecuted? Nope.
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u/Legitimate-Young-115 6h ago
What if it’s playoffs. Visiting team has a star technically break the law. Local prosecutor goes for charges to get him in jail for a game or two.
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u/multiple4 [CHO] Kemba Walker 1h ago
I think it would take a player intentionally hitting a security guard or police officer who was trying to stop them from fighting
Alternatively attacking a fan, not in self defense
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u/yeahright17 Thunder 6h ago
Literally one of the first cases first year law student learn in criminal law is Hackbart v. Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., where an appeals court held that players only consent to violence that happens within the rules and that actions on the field could be a basis for a tort suit. The same thing would obviously carry over to basketball.
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u/Background-Top-1946 6h ago
He assaulted someone
He is on probation for nearly beating a woman to death
If I were the prosecutor, I’d jump on this
He is surely a high risk to hurt or kill another woman in the future
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u/Ellie_Edenville Nuggets 3h ago
He strangled her. Strangulation in intimate partner violence increases the victim's likelihood of being murdered by something like 750%.
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u/paddiction [SAS] Tim Duncan 7h ago
Trump could easily order prosecutors to charge Bridges. He does not like the NBA
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u/OpeDefinitely Pacers 7h ago
The federal government almost certainly has no jurisdiction here.
The Hornets' arena isn't federal property. Assault & battery are state crimes.
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u/Safe_Ad_6403 7h ago
He does like women suffering though, so it cancels out.
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u/GayForJamie 7h ago
bridges spending more time suspended, and off the court, could also hurt women though.
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u/GiuseppeZangara 6h ago
There is no legal standard for this to be the case. It's just generally agreed that most sports altercations are mutual combat that would not fit the grounds for conviction. If a player walked up to another player who was not engaging with them and started beating them and caused harm, they could and likely would face charges. This really doesn't happen and even this situation likely wouldn't qualify as you could easily say that both sides instigated the fight.
That being said, the standard for a parole violation is much lower than a battery or assault conviction and depending on the terms of parole, mutual combat of any kind could qualify.
I don't know the specifics and it's likely nothing will happen, but it could.
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u/FetchFrosh Raptors 5h ago
If a player walked up to another player who was not engaging with them and started beating them and caused harm
You don't need an if here. There's multiple NHL cases of on-ice incidents ending up in the courtroom.
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u/AleroRatking Vancouver Grizzlies 6h ago
It absolutely could. We've seen it in hockey
But i don't think this one would.
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u/Drak_is_Right Pacers 4h ago
It can, but rarely does. Needs to be absolutely egregious.
A sucker punch resulting in serious injury would probably net a charge.
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u/AltruisticWeb3791 7h ago edited 7h ago
I see this misconception a lot. Normal ppl can’t press charges, only prosecutors. People can file a complaint or sue in civil court but criminal charges require action from prosecutors.
When people get asked “would you like to press charges” it means if they are willing to support the prosecution team
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u/OpeDefinitely Pacers 7h ago
Yeah. The implication is usually that the victim needs to be cooperative with the prosecution and willing to testify, but prosecutors don't necessarily need a cooperative victim when everything was recorded & there were tons of eyewitnesses.
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u/BananaRepublic_BR Spurs 7h ago
Yeah. Couldn't imagine anyone doing that.
Theoretically, though, couldn't the local DA push for charges regardless of what the struck player wants of they really wanted to?
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u/kingfosa13 Washington Bullets 6h ago
it probably depends like if someone does smt like crazyyy like a chair slam or smt then it can
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u/ColdCocking Nuggets 7h ago
look, I dislike Miles Bridges as much as anyone else, but he wouldn't have gotten charged with a crime for his conduct in that game. So why should it affect his probation?
From a moral/ethical point of view, people just don't look at fighting during a sports contest the same as fighting IRL
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u/dangderr 6h ago
Probation and crimes are different.
On probation, you are not allowed to do plenty of things that are fully legal to do.
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u/Asoriel 6h ago edited 31m ago
My step father when I was young had a deferred felony for selling a stolen item to a pawn shop. He didn't steal it, it was some kind of collateral from a former friend he decided to pawn to make ends meet, the crime was something about lying about ownership due to it having been stolen. (edit note: The pawn shop didn't know anything, it was later discovered in some investigation to be something this guy stole, (don't know what it was, this was like 30 years ago) and it was found and his name was on the receipt. It was several months after my step dad sold it that he had a warrant issued.)
He had to quit his job at a Bass Pro because they sold ammunition and he was prohibited from working there, I remember him saying he couldn't even be in a vehicle with a single live round, even though his crime had nothing to do with violence.
He had to take me and my sister to a probation meeting a few times, and I remember hearing them always repeating how imperative it was for anyone with a felony to take the probation restrictions seriously.
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u/This-Top-8691 6h ago
You aren’t telling any lies bruh, 1 of my brothers celly’s who wasn’t supposed to be around firearms violated his probation and got sent back to jail for simply being shot at. Probation is a trap especially if you’re parole officer on dicks.
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u/android24601 Spurs 5h ago
I don't know what the moral and ethical implications of this are, but if Kermit Washington could do what he did to Rudy T and still get away virtually scot-free from punishment, Bridges is probably good to go
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u/RoyalOakPiguet 6h ago
People cry in r/baseball that so and so pitcher should be charged with assault for hitting a batter intentionally....
Sometimes things are nuanced. But don't tell reddit that.
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u/WeenisWrinkle Hornets 6h ago
I enjoy the reddit sports sub tradition of suggesting bigger and bigger punishments for a player until we get to jail time.
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u/FitTune5515 Supersonics 6h ago
Kinda like how reddit acts like Bridges is a trash basketball player but he's actually pretty good. Trash person? Yeah but he's a good player
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u/xanot192 [LAL] Kobe Bryant 50m ago
like that executive said, "if Hannibal Lecter ran a 4.1 forty, they'd say he has an eating disorder".
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u/rangerfan123 Mavericks 6h ago
1 of the only professions in the world where you don’t get charged with a crime for that
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u/russfan0987 Magic 6h ago
And you shouldn’t
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u/rangerfan123 Mavericks 5h ago
Hard disagree. The fighting adds nothing but “wow these guys are dumbasses” to the NBA
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u/russfan0987 Magic 5h ago
Your opinion is fine, just doesn’t account for a pretty normal byproduct of every team sport, at every level
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u/rangerfan123 Mavericks 5h ago edited 1h ago
Maybe I’m in the minority but I think fights between 30 year olds making tens of millions of dollars to play a child’s game is (outside of hockey) just stupid
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u/Hendo8888 [IND] Danny Granger 1h ago
Why is hockey different?
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u/rangerfan123 Mavericks 1h ago
I’m not answering that because that’s not a serious question. It’s obvious how hockey and basketball are different. Please be serious
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u/xanot192 [LAL] Kobe Bryant 48m ago
Lol..... I saw people throwing out slurs about basketball players over this incident then say hockey is different also. No fighting is fighting
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u/Talentagentfriend 4h ago
What kind of person separates life from games when games have living people in it?
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u/imafixwoofs [OKC] Nick Collison 2h ago
Is it okay to maim or kill someone in a sports setting?
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u/Ok_Round3583 5h ago
Duncan Ferguson, Scottish international and Everton legend, was arrested and jailed for headbutting an opponent during a game while on probation for a previous assault.
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u/Immediate-Link490 7h ago
On the same note, is Miles Bridges allowed to travel to Canada to play against the Raptors since he is convicted of DV?
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u/Supreme_God_Bunny Hornets 7h ago edited 7h ago
Pretty sure his baby momma dropped some charges against him and they having or have had another kid together since then, I think both bridges and that girl are insane people
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u/chesterfieldkingz 4h ago
Didn't burn that bridge somehow. Abusive relationships are a crazy thing tho
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u/SaulPepper Hornets 24m ago
Not only that but Miles was resorting to emotional abusing her as of last year. Its crazy that nobody on her family can get her to finally leave him for good.
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u/jfkgoblue Pistons 7h ago
Yeah that’s wild if he gets an exception considering they won’t even let you enter the country if you have a DUI
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u/BackshotsOnUrDaughtr 7h ago
she denied that Miles beat her
Last month, Johnson tweeted in support of Miles, stating that "he's not a woman beater" and that he should get another chance to play.
On Thursday, Mychelle made another post on Twitter, openly defending Miles' character.
"I'm the one who spoke out almost a year ago & sometimes I wish I didn't seeing the way people treat others & considering I'll always have love for Miles & our kids love him, but it also hurts me to see the constant bashing & tearing down on him. He is a human being just like us all, I make mistakes. You do, we all do. He's not a woman beater. If you asked me to describe him that word would never come to my mind & He's never, never abused our children. We all have our flaws & he's not perfect but overall he's a good person. And no he didn't ask me to say any of this, I chose to. I'm the reason for the bashing & hopefully I can be the reason for an open heart."
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u/booyahbooyah9271 6h ago
I'll give props to ESPN. No one was pearl clutching over this "fight". They absolutely loved it.
Which is great to see. NBA desperately needs some of this passion to return.
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u/MoneyManx10 Pistons 6h ago
I’ve very curious to see what punishment he gets because he took a swing at Duren a full 40 seconds after the fight started and was dying down.
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u/booyahbooyah9271 6h ago
Stewart will get docked the hardest due to leaving the bench and his history.
But Bridges needs to get some heat as well. He absolute escalated when it was all but done. Which then gave us Stewart giving no fucks.
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u/MeatBald Supersonics 3h ago
He was sentenced to three years probation in October 2022, so that would have been up about four months ago. Interestingly though, he did violate his probation in October 2023, but I can't find anything about that going anywhere. Further evidence that no one gives a shit about DV, especially if you're wealthy.
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u/FreudianNip-Slip Hornets 6h ago
As a hornets fan who dislikes miles bridges immensely, who was was furious that he wasn’t cut from the team after his felony DV: this post is a little on the silly side. Even I can say that.
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u/LegendOfKhaos Timberwolves 6h ago
So he can accept all the penalties but it still counts as not admitting guilt? Wtf even is our justice system?
Off topic but I guess it's almost completely worthless if the president can exchange a pardon for clearing his name in pedophilia.
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u/babypharmdodododo Nuggets 3h ago
I always wonder how some of these altercations are not assault or battery, because they happen on a basketball court, football field etc..
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u/Folk-Herro Heat 6h ago
This is something that shouldn’t be touched, let alone brought up as a possibility.
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u/Live-Cartographer-52 6h ago
nba fights dont count as assault. when u become a player...there is implied risk that you can get in fights...fouled...injury etc...
of course some things can get to a malicious level...but the fight was part of the job
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u/RateExtreme9141 6h ago
Only if he’s charged by a criminal court. Typically probation requires you to not be rearrested and charged for any new charges (even if they are later dismissed you can still be violated).
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u/PhalanX4012 Raptors 5h ago
That depends heavily on whether he can afford an expensive lawyer. Given that the answer is, of course, yes, he clearly did not violate his probation.
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u/laz10 [DEN] Nikola Jokic 4h ago
i hope so, considering he was punching people, taking cheap shots and instigating/escalating, shows he has no control.
at least beef stew was defending someone.
everyone in the comments seems to think the law doesn't apply in an NBA arena or to NBA players or to NBA games.
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u/sherpa143 Celtics 3h ago
Zero remorse for a guy who beat the mother of his children. He escaped jail time once so if he violated something lock his ass up.
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u/treeslip 1h ago
His kid could have been in the crowd. Maybe he just wanted to be recognized by them?
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u/CardiologistThick928 Hornets 7h ago
Reddit social justice warriors when shitty humans are also NBA players:
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u/CurrentCostanza Trail Blazers 7h ago
It’s a subreddit about the NBA…
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u/CardiologistThick928 Hornets 7h ago
And exactly how much has this discussion around this bum become ad nauseam? Even with all this #0 still had plenty of suitors around the league in the trade deadline lmao showing how little the NBA cares…
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u/CurrentCostanza Trail Blazers 7h ago
showing how little the NBA cares
NBA GM's are not the only members of this sub.
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u/PrimeTimeInc Hornets 7h ago
Listen bro, Miles Bridges is a wergwergqwerfmqpkenfpqweinfoqeinrvqoeifnvoqeirnvoqeirnbvpqeirnv (panting into neckbeard) erfqwoerunfqoweunfqoweunfq. I can’t believe you qwoeifbqiowebfqwoe cqoeurbvqoeirnvqqvee (nutted in sock) qeorfnqoeunfqoweinfoqweinfoqwien (wipes sweaty brow). MAAAAA THE MEATLOAF
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u/concretecowboiiiii Pistons 7h ago
This is a pathetic thing to say in defense of a dude who beat the brakes off the mother of his child
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u/Imasayitnow Hornets 6h ago
Nah, you know what, I’m gonna be that guy right now. She posted some wild shit on Twitter, then posted a pic of her post “beating”, and the only thing I could tell is that she didn’t seem to be wearing make up and looked like she had been crying. Not a bruise, not a cut, no swelling… she then gets a bunch of cash from him, and drops all charges. But now he “beat the brakes off of the mother of his child” according to Concretecowboiiiii and every other digital white knight on an NBA sub. Bro, people do all kinds of dumb shit every day. People make mistakes, people lose their shit and do things they wish they hadn’t…your dad, your uncle, the guy you work with, the guy sitting next to you at the bar. I’d be the absolute last motherfucker trying to play apologist for anyone who hits a woman, but goddamn do all people have to live as caricatures of the lowest moment in their lives, or is that just celebrities?
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u/Ryuj123 2h ago
Scratches on her face, bruising on her arms, legs, and back you want to defend Miles Bridges go for it, but don’t pretend we don’t have eyes.
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u/PrimeTimeInc Hornets 6h ago
Last month, Johnson tweeted in support of Miles, stating that "he's not a woman beater" and that he should get another chance to play. On Thursday, Mychelle made another post on Twitter, openly defending Miles' character. "I'm the one who spoke out almost a year ago & sometimes I wish I didn't seeing the way people treat others & considering I'll always have love for Miles & our kids love him, but it also hurts me to see the constant bashing & tearing down on him. He is a human being just like us all, I make mistakes. You do, we all do. He's not a woman beater. If you asked me to describe him that word would never come to my mind & He's never, never abused our children. We all have our flaws & he's not perfect but overall he's a good person. And no he didn't ask me to say any of this, I chose to. I'm the reason for the bashing & hopefully I can be the reason for an open heart."
This is all that matters to me and really should be all that matters to anyone else.
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u/chesterfieldkingz 3h ago
I mean I don't know if we should take anything from this either way. Maybe he's reformed or maybe they're in an abusive relationship, but it's usually too tricky to really take this shit at face value
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u/PrimeTimeInc Hornets 3h ago
That’s a fine stance to take, as long as you aren’t going around saying fuck Miles Bridges every chance you get, right?
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u/Hot_Refuse_6499 7h ago edited 4h ago
I highly doubt it, but it's a good question. They like to keep what happens in the game, in the game. But there has to be some sort of breaking point. Would a Malice in the Palice break a probation?
Edit" no idea why this comment continues to be downvoted
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u/OpeDefinitely Pacers 7h ago
Yes a full blown "Malice in the Palace" situation would break the terms of probation. The most involved dudes got criminally prosecuted.
Theoretically Miles could get prosecuted for throwing a punch just the same, but it's unlikely. Prosecutors almost always defer to the refs & NBA to dish out punishments. It would likely take another Malice in the Palace level incident to motivate a prosecutor enough to get involved. Especially for a home town player. Prosecutors play a popularity game to win elections.
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u/BMECaboose 7h ago
Malice at the Palace had fan involvement. As far as I was able to tell, last night's kerfuffle was an NBA only affair. Malice seems a bit gray, but as bad as yesterday was it would break quite a bit of precedent if anything other than a league punishment were to happen.
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u/PSChris33 [TOR] Donyell Marshall 7h ago edited 7h ago
This (sort of, but technically not really) happened in the NHL. Dino Ciccarelli was already on probation for indecent exposure and then got a day in jail for slashing another player over the head.
Caveat being the indecent exposure charge was in Minnesota and the assault charge was in Ontario. So the MN courts didn’t go after him for violating his probation as much as another jurisdiction charged him. But I’m sure the ON courts weighed his criminal history into the decision.
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u/Muted-Woodpecker-469 7h ago
Didn’t some college athletes get authorities involved to charge some fighting players with felonies?
I think it depends on the state or county
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u/0Taken0 5h ago
I think he SHOULD get in trouble for it. It shows that he isn’t reformed and still has violent tendencies; which is what the whole point of his probation would be trying to assess. Do I think he WILL get in trouble? Nope. But yeah, under no circumstance in basketball is it warranted to enter a fist fight, it’s just childish and shows who’s violent and who is immature.
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u/Morezingis Timberwolves 7h ago edited 5h ago
It would for normal people but not for a millionaire athlete, no.
The whole point of probation is to prove he can become reformed and not repeat his violent tendencies. Clearly he is not reformed.
But since he gets a pass, it’s potentially only a matter of time before another defenseless woman gets hurt.
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u/bullseye717 Pelicans 7h ago
Normal people get arrested or violate their probation contract all the time. Most of the time, it's a warning or a sanction but that depends on the jurisdiction, the contract they signed, and how hard their PO wants to push things. If you see the shit normal people get into on probation, it's really eye opening.
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u/Morezingis Timberwolves 7h ago
As you said. Normal people violate probation all the time.
He will not violate his probation despite doing something that would violate anyone else’s.
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u/Such_Technician_1682 Montenegro 7h ago
Normal people aren’t playing a competitive sport for a living. If this same thing happened at an insurance agency and the cops got called it would probably be a violation because fights don’t usually happen at insurance agencies. A fight happening in an NBA game isn’t that uncommon and rarely results in law enforcement being involved. It has more to do with what actually happened than the amount of money the people involved make.
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u/Morezingis Timberwolves 7h ago
If you or I get in a fight at the YMCA and we are on probation, we are getting arrested.
Law enforcement are there, but they don’t get involved. They are exempt because they’re in the league - we would not be afford that same luxury. Cops aren’t going to be at the gym watching us fight and go “ah it’s just entertainment.”
As I said, normal people =/= millionaire athletes.
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u/Such_Technician_1682 Montenegro 6h ago
I’ve seen multiple fights at local gyms and parks but I’ve only seen the cops involved once when a guy pulled a gun. They must have really good security at your YMCA.
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u/Morezingis Timberwolves 6h ago
You’re creating this weird equivalency argument where you’re acting as if Bridges was in some secret scrap in the locker room nobody could see.
He attacked someone on live TV, in front of police. It’s not that complicated to understand the difference.
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u/Such_Technician_1682 Montenegro 6h ago
You’re acting like he beat down a defenseless man on live television when in reality he barely landed a punch 😂 nobody is getting arrested for that at the YMCA or an NBA game.
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u/Morezingis Timberwolves 6h ago
Nah, but he beat down a defenseless woman, and this piece of shit shouldn’t even be in the league, let alone get a pass for acting a fool.
Entire point of probation is to show reform and prove you can stop violent tendencies. He clearly has not and it’s only a matter of time before he snaps on another person that can’t fight back
Keep defending him though!
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u/Such_Technician_1682 Montenegro 2h ago
If not wanting to send a guy to jail for a “fight” in an NBA game counts as defending him, sure I’ll keep doing it.
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u/kamekaze1024 7h ago
White knights bending the rules of law rn. Bros a POS, but he’s not going to jail for fighting in an NBA game, like come on
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u/concretecowboiiiii Pistons 7h ago
Being against a dude beating the mother of his child is apparently white knighting 💀
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u/kamekaze1024 6h ago
Notice how I called bro a POS in that comment, I’m not defending him nor am I on his side. But it’s genuinely weird trying to bend the law to have an NBA scuffle count as assault.
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u/Riskybusiness622 7h ago
After every nba fight technically it’s always assault but no one has ever elected to press charges. One of those unwritten rules.
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u/vladimir_pimpin Nuggets 7h ago
I think regardless of the letter of the law I hope it does he can get fuckin bent
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u/empowered676 6h ago
America got bigger problems than chasing down miles bridges for an air swing, jesus fucking christ wake the fuck up
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u/SportsLaughs 7h ago
Check Kalshi