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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it really clear that the Churchill kid threw the first punch? The dark uniforms (Blake?) looked like they were the aggressors, if only from that short clip?[/quote]

From aerial view:  video starts with Blake player (black jersey) on ground.  Gets up and pushes Churchill player (white jersey) out of bounds.   Churchill player chases Blake player down court and cold cocks him in side of head.  Players tumble into stands.  Then you can see a parent (I'm assuming Churchill parent based on what happens next) comes barreling down the stands (you can see him sitting in top row on left hand side - he jumps up and runs down steps onto court - has red mask and jacket on).  At same time, what appears to be Blake coach runs across court and gets in melee.  Churchill parent ends up pulling Blake coach out of the melee and as they approach center court tangled up together, Blake player (orange shoes) out of nowhere sucker punches Churchill parent who falls at center court as crowd goes "whoaaa!!"....

Pretty nice high school game environment MCPS has these days....

I blame Blake’s terrible AD.  Coach and players are a reflection of his poor leadership.
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They all were bad. Churchill player threw the first punch. Blake side fought back. Parents who got involved - unreal. Player injured on the ground at the end of one clip. Everyone lost their freaking minds and no one could reign it in.

Were there any fights when spectators weren’t allowed? I don’t think so.

Restorative Justice - BS. Physical assaults deserve real punishment. In my day, being an athlete was a privilege that you earned. There’s no room in athletics for that type of behavior and to not take swift and harsh action sends a message to both school communities that fighting is tolerated. It was tolerated for football games and now it’s tolerated for basketball.

And no, the Churchill administrators should not be patting themselves on the back for a job well done. 
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Blake player slammed Churchill player first. [/quote]

Not true. Not shown on video was Churchill player pushing Blake player from behind and knocking him down which resulted in Blake player shoving Churchill player. [/quote]

Some of these things are quasi-normal parts of the game.  Definitely fouls, but not outside the scope of what often happens.  The question is what you consider the tipping point to unusually bad behavior, which I would consider to be the first punch and not the first shove. [/quote]

This the correct.  The first shove probably happened seconds into the game.

The shoving is irrelevant.  The fight started when the first punch was thrown[/quote]

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