What a disgrace the whole place has become, now freedom of speech/expression is not free anymore
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EJECTED FROM GARDEN FOR 'FIRE ISIAH' SIGN
What do you do when your team stinks and your coach isn't doing anything to make them better? Eject this fan for complaining about it.
That's what officials at Madison Square Garden did last night when this Knicks fan showed his deep frustration with the slumping team and held up a sign demanding that coach Isiah Thomas -- who was sitting just feet away -- be canned.
Security officials took the "Fire Isiah" sign away from the unidentified fan in the fourth quarter of the game against the Indiana Pacers. (Which the Knicks lost 119-92 -- surprise, surprise)
And then, when the man kept heckling the Knicks and their coach, security removed him from the seat and booted him from the Garden. The fan wasn't the only person upset -- chants of "Fire Isiah" rained down throughout the Garden during the game's final minutes.
Knicks spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz -- who was sitting in front of the fan for several quarters -- said the man was not the regular season ticket holder of the seat he was in.
"It's the first time I've ever seen this guy," Supranowitz said.
The spokesman also said "you don't get thrown out for holding up signs." But, he noted, the Garden can eject patrons for making offensive or derogatory comments during a game
http://www.nypost.com/seven/1218200..._fan_ejected_from_garden_for_fire__107356.htm
EJECTED FROM GARDEN FOR 'FIRE ISIAH' SIGN
What do you do when your team stinks and your coach isn't doing anything to make them better? Eject this fan for complaining about it.
That's what officials at Madison Square Garden did last night when this Knicks fan showed his deep frustration with the slumping team and held up a sign demanding that coach Isiah Thomas -- who was sitting just feet away -- be canned.
Security officials took the "Fire Isiah" sign away from the unidentified fan in the fourth quarter of the game against the Indiana Pacers. (Which the Knicks lost 119-92 -- surprise, surprise)
And then, when the man kept heckling the Knicks and their coach, security removed him from the seat and booted him from the Garden. The fan wasn't the only person upset -- chants of "Fire Isiah" rained down throughout the Garden during the game's final minutes.
Knicks spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz -- who was sitting in front of the fan for several quarters -- said the man was not the regular season ticket holder of the seat he was in.
"It's the first time I've ever seen this guy," Supranowitz said.
The spokesman also said "you don't get thrown out for holding up signs." But, he noted, the Garden can eject patrons for making offensive or derogatory comments during a game
