Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Oregon AD apologizes for fans behavior against UCLA

Oregon's athletic director has apologized to UCLA for the behavior of their fans toward Kevin Love and his father last week.

Love and his father were booed by the student section, and were the target of homophobic chants and signs that displayed offensive messages. Love who scored 26 points and added 18 rebounds in the bruins win said it was one of his favorite wins in recent memory and why not? He comes into a hostile environment where the Duck's fans are without a doubt crossing the line. He hits the big shots to win the game for his team and lets his play do the talking before walking off the court a winner.

I dont believe this will be the last time that Kevin Love will have to go through a situation like this at a game, after all he is only a freshman. No question that what the Oregon fans did was wrong, but for Love, this is one sign that he's without a doubt a superstar on the rise. When you can get fans of another team to devote that much time and energy into bringing you down...you know you've arrived.

Ask J.J. Redick and his family what they had to go through while he was at Duke.

Adam Smith

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I don't get WHY Kevin and his dad were being booed. Is one of them gay? --- this is a big important missing fact...