School pride is one thing. Violence is is quite another.
When the former turns into the latter, it isn’t the positive sort of pride talked about at pep rallies and locker-room speeches. Instead, it’s the kind of pride talked about as a deadly sin in the Bible — right along with wrath.
On Monday night, we saw plenty of wrath spilled out on a basketball court in San Antonio, Texas.
According to Yahoo Sports, the incident occurred after the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions beat the University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals 76-72 in overtime.
After the game was over, something — it’s unclear what from video — went awry in the traditional line to shake hands.
The result was an all-out brawl where neither coaches nor other players could manage to separate the feuding players.
“Oh no — this is not good,” an ESPN+ announcer can be heard saying over the mayhem. “This is really not good. We’ve got punches being thrown. This is really bad.”
Announcers said that a “young girl” had been “hurt and hit” in the crowd during the fracas.
They also said that one of the staff members — it’s not clear from which school — had “blood on his face” as a result of the all-out donnybrook.
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