Man dies after fans brawl at Vermont middle-school basketball game

[Jilly_in_VA]

A man died after a brawl broke out among spectators at a middle school basketball game in northern Vermont, local police have said.

Vermont state troopers were called to the Alburgh Community Education Center just before 7pm on Tuesday after a report of a large fight involving spectators during a seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball game between Alburgh and St Albans.

The fight ended before troopers arrived, and many of the participants had left. Russell Giroux, of Alburgh, 60, sought medical attention, police said. He was taken by ambulance to the Northwestern Medical Center in St Albans, where he was pronounced dead.

Jay Nichols, the executive director of the Vermont Principals’ Association, said in a statement that the group, which oversees school sports in the state, had no information about the event beyond what the authorities provided.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/feb/01/man-dies-after-fans-brawl-at-vermont-middle-school-basketball-game

Middle school sports is important enough for someone to die over?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

1. big brawl in Dave and Busters recently.. during football watch ..

[Traildogbob]

3. No guns?

Needle dicks in $100 jerseys, replaying glory days, eating hands full of testosterone pills daily (advertised more than Medicare Advantage plans) with alcohol. What could go wrong. MurKKKa! Being blessed by Gawd.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. The answer to your question is no. I, however, feel very little sorrow for

someone who dies while engaging in this stupid shit...unless they were an innocent bystander. I have to assume they were not since they weren't shot.

[3Hotdogs]

4. The answer?

You don't know how many college scholarships depend on your kid's standing in the town's recreation league.

[Mopar151]

5. Vermont has had a bad year with school sports!

The majority of problems are in the stands, but a couple of the girls teams went Mean Girls - Racist Edition. A Vermont sports dad told me, outright: "Teenage girls are vicious!".

[twodogsbarking]

6. Our sons played basketball when young. Always went to the games and thanked

the referees after each game.