Banning bans do not pass the pub test, but could cause pain

All these suspensions are only for the FIBA ​​World Cup qualifiers, so all players will continue to play professionally at the club level.

As a deterrent, it does not look like a fight that has gained worldwide notoriety. It could have caused injuries that changed the life of Nathan Sobey or Goulding. But the two national organizations have asked FIBA ​​to restrict bans to the World Cup qualifiers.

Would it have hurt more if they were forced to sit on club games and lose money? Perhaps, but watching the video, nothing seems to have stopped the violence once the temperaments went out as they did.

If players were banned from club games, they would do more harm to the FIBA. Many clubs were unhappy about losing players in new qualifiers

FIBA ​​believes the penalties are healthy as the five-game ban will prevent players from spending nearly seven months of qualifying.

In the AFL or NRL as nothing, but they play 22 games or more per season. International basketball teams can play as few as eight significant games in a year, plus if it's a World Cup or Olympic year.

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Both baby boomers and the Philippines have reached the second qualifying round and have six games to play to ensure their place at the World Cup.

These games will be played in two games in September, late November and next February. [19659002PhilippineswillhavetofaceswimmersmatchesintheformerplayeroftheNBAAndrayBlatche(threematches)attheTerranceRomeo(threematches)andtheveteransCalvinAbueva(sixmatches)andJaysonWilliam(threematches)

With so much talent, they will have a hard time making the World Cup and it will be a painful blow for the bigger team Philippines.

It would be the Australian equivalent of the Socceroos who would miss the World Cup.

Kickert and Maker knew that they would face bans and their penalties seemed ok, while those of Goulding would seem strange to some.

FIBA ​​has always taken a dark view of the trashy players who speak with their opponents. Goulding will tell you that the discussions went both ways and that his opponents were using unfair physical tactics, but the FIBA ​​disciplinary panel should not have been convinced.

A big question is why FIBA ​​did not hit the Philippines harder The behavior of their coaches, officials and supporters

The Australian Basketballers' Association also raises this question

Joseph Uichico, badistant coach of the Philippines, was seen beating and participating in the fight. but he should have been banned for more than three games.

Philippine head coach Chot Reyes was also suspended, suspended for a match and fined despite losing control of his team and prompting his team to play

Reyes is a hero in the Philippines and he is said to be a powerful media officer, so it's hard to see the national body sack him or penalize him, but FIBA ​​should explain why his s Ban on the fine and the crowd was supposed to be the Philippines' punishment for the crowd involved in the fight and they were put on probation for the next three years – the Philppines are joint hosts of the FIBA ​​2023 World Cup With Japan and Indonesia so that they can no longer afford to make a mistake.

In a bureaucratic sense, these bans, fines, and warnings may seem right. But it is doubtful that they are pbading the pub test here or overseas.