Pierre Niles slapped a UAB fan...

By Bezerk - 02-17-2008, 05:47 PM - Boxden > BX SportsCenter

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Conference USA officials are investigating what happened after top-ranked Memphis' 79-78 victory over UAB where the Tigers were showered with debris after avoiding an upset.
Cups, water bottles and pompoms were thrown at the Tigers as they were being escorted off the court toward their dressing room Saturday night. The Commercial Appeal newspaper published a photo Sunday showing a fan being slapped and identified the player slapping him as Pierre Niles.
The league says officials have been in touch with both Memphis and UAB administrators.

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02-17-2008, 05:58 PM

self defense

02-17-2008, 06:01 PM

STH MEM, Where I come from!!!

thats a big dude slapping you across the face.

06:05 PM

Nice job spelling Memphis on that sign. Way to go college student

02-17-2008, 06:25 PM

hhahahha GOOD
tired of !![..] fans takin !! too far thinking players arent gonna do something back

02-17-2008, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by BrBHZ

Nice job spelling Memphis on that sign. Way to go college student

I mean, he is from alabama, what do u expect...
ay, is that the fan gettin slapped in the far right?

02-17-2008, 06:26 PM

Thank you Pierre. You put in to action what every college athlete thinks about doing...Smushing the !! out of a annoying[..] fan.

I don't mind fans at all, but I do have a problem with fans confusing a basketball game with real life. niccas get fired on for gettin hit wit !!.

02-17-2008, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by BrBHZ

Nice job spelling Memphis on that sign. Way to go college student

@that dude with the S on his chest flippin the bird

02-17-2008, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by JamesAdamsIz808

@that dude with the S on his chest flippin the bird

please tell me that's a female in ur disturbing avy.....

02-17-2008, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by JamesAdamsIz808

@that dude with the S on his chest flippin the bird

he aint the only one...I counted at least 4 and yeah thats ole boy gettin slapped on the right....whats really funny is he fell over the rail saw all the players around him and had that "no please dont k!ll me" look on his face.

and im wit bezerk. yo avvy is !!in unecessary

02-17-2008, 07:49 PM

If there is visual evidence of him slapping a fan then Niles needs to be kicked off the team. Not that it would effect the team in anyway because dude barely plays but he needs to be booted. Student athletes should know better then to put their hands on a fan. Even if the fan was throwing !! or screaming !! at him, you just can't put your hands on a fan. If he's on the team he's most likely getting a scholarship or something.

If there is evidence that he did slap a fan and Memphis doesn't come down on the kid I wonder if the NCAA would step in and do something. I also wouldn't be shocked in the fan sues Memphis for the players actions.

02-17-2008, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by lilsnatch770

If there is visual evidence of him slapping a fan then Niles needs to be kicked off the team. Not that it would effect the team in anyway because dude barely plays but he needs to be booted. Student athletes should know better then to put their hands on a fan. Even if the fan was throwing !! or screaming !! at him, you just can't put your hands on a fan. If he's on the team he's most likely getting a scholarship or something.

If there is evidence that he did slap a fan and Memphis doesn't come down on the kid I wonder if the NCAA would step in and do something. I also wouldn't be shocked in the fan sues Memphis for the players actions.

Did you miss the part when he said that the students were throwing drinks and bottles at them? Its Detroit Pistons all over again.

If there's physical evidence that the fan threw something at Pierre then he needs to be punished as well. You didn't ask that question though.

Whether players know better or not, it is not justifiable to expect them to tolerate stupid[..] fans throwing !!, cursing them out, and flipping fingers at them.

This is what I mean by fans getting !! twisted. If you disrespect a man, he may turn the other cheek that first time, but after a while, enough is enough.

Kick him off the team for what? Suspend him yeah. He made a mistake. It was just as wrong on his part.

02-17-2008, 08:12 PM

Sad the way the UAB fans were acting

02-17-2008, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by lilsnatch770

If there is visual evidence of him slapping a fan then Niles needs to be kicked off the team. Not that it would effect the team in anyway because dude barely plays but he needs to be booted. Student athletes should know better then to put their hands on a fan. Even if the fan was throwing !! or screaming !! at him, you just can't put your hands on a fan. If he's on the team he's most likely getting a scholarship or something.

If there is evidence that he did slap a fan and Memphis doesn't come down on the kid I wonder if the NCAA would step in and do something. I also wouldn't be shocked in the fan sues Memphis for the players actions.

He'll get suspended more than likely like dude said, being a fan doesnt excuse that kind of behavior. There are 3 pics on the commercial appeal site of the slap.

the first pic shows the team leaving and the guy in the orange shirt is leaning over the rail and has his hand inches away from niles' face screaming at him. niles did what you would have done slapped the !! outta dude.

here it is^^^

sure he was dumb for slapping dude but what gives a stupid fan the right to do that

02-18-2008, 06:22 AM

if the fan didnt touch him then the player should not have touched him, but this !! happens all the time, you dont get in the face of a player after a game, he instigated it , he knew something like that was probably going to happen.

02-18-2008, 08:31 AM

lol.

the university should of had control and not
let the fans begin to storm the court when
they didn't even win the !!ing game. idiots.

then, they couldn't control them throwing garbage
at the players, which is d|sgusting. On sportscenter,
I remember seeing andre allen in the tunnel looking into
the garbage pail ready to throw some !! back.

02-18-2008, 10:14 AM

haha that !! is funny...i would slapped the guy too

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Pierre Niles slapped a UAB fan...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Conference USA officials are investigating what happened after top-ranked Memphis' 79-78 ...