NBA bans Butler from chewing straws

Dorian

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba...ory?id=4945104

ALLAS -- One of the first things many people noticed about Caron Butler after his arrival to the Dallas Mavericks is that the guard likes to chew straws during games.

The NBA obviously took notice as well.

NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson phoned Butler on Tuesday and told him to leave his straws at home. Butler did not play against the Los Angeles Lakers due to a reaction to medication, so he was unavailable for comment.

But the Mavs confirmed that the league is serious about outlawing straw chewing.

News, notes and analysis of the Mavericks from ESPNDallas.com's Jeff Caplan, Tim MacMahon and the rest of our team. Blog.

"It's against the rules," Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said.

"It's a safety issue, period," NBA senior vice president for basketball communications Tim Frank said Thursday.

Too many rules these days.

Underboss

no wonder the nba has gone to **** with these ''rules''.

Dorian

Too many rules everywhere nowadays.

DR.ORGY

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Originally Posted by The Underboss

no wonder the nba has gone to **** with these ''rules''.

nice avatar and sigs man......

Seismic Breach

It's just David Stern being David Stern. Always sticking it to the Mavs, especially Mark Cuban. Man, he really hates him and the Mavs

Look at this recap. Straw chewing was contagious. All the players were doing it, even Dirk. It even shows the commentators chewing on straws, lol!

CONCUBINE

They get rid of everything black players like
doing.

Derranged

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Originally Posted by CONCUBINE

They get rid of everything black players like
doing.

Rumor has it they will soon ban chewing butt skin jerky.

TredKiller

who gives a ****, let em do what he wants, worlds getting to stupid.

CONCUBINE

NBA - a sports organization dominated by black players, ban chewing straws.
MLB - a sports organization dominated by whites and latinos allow chewing tobbaco.

Which decision will have a worse impact on the youth who look up to athletes?

Derranged

You'll get over it. Go assault a white person and shut up already.

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