More Legal Trouble for the Pacers

Even yet still more legal troubles for the Indiana Pacers, as a judge has inexplicably allowed the fan who stormed the court during the Detroit/Indiana melee to sue Jermaine O'Neal.

Peter Vecsey of the New York Post offers his take, which is essentially this: once this Charles Haddad set foot on the court, he was asking for whatever he got... just as Ron Artest had no defense for his actions once he entered the stands.

It pains me to admit that I'm 100% in agreement with Vecsey on this one. Imagine what happens if Haddad wins a chunk of O'Neal's money. We'll have "fans" falling all over themselves to pick fights with players in all sports.

Maybe it's time to bring back the cage around the court.