Thursday, July 30, 2015

Hooliganism in Basketball

So hooliganism only takes place before, during, and after European soccer matches right?  That's not the case at all.  Hooliganism has expanded from Europe to the United States where hooligan activity has has shown it's ugly head in sports through all ages.  An interesting story that I came across while researching hooliganism was the brawl that took place during a wheelchair basketball in Turkey.  Yes, I said a wheelchair basketball game in Turkey.  The interesting part is that the brawl had nothing to do with basketball, let alone wheelchair basketball.  Galatasaray and Besiktas are 2 of Turkey's "big  3" sport clubs, alongside Fenerbache.  The rivalries between the two clubs get very heated during soccer matches.  So much so that fans of the "big 3" have been banned from attending away games between the clubs during soccer and basketball games.  This regulation will more than likely be applied to wheelchair basketball after this event took place.  Check out a short video here.

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