that's what sports is truly all about. now we as athletes, former athletes, we have been conditioned and trained to really, you know, control our emotions inside the arena because we know there may be some verbal abuse that comes along being inside the arena. you know, crowd noise and everything else. but the physical abuse and the inhumane abuse, those are things that cross the line. and when that happens, that's when the nba and the nbpa just step forward and say, how do we protect our environment? how do we protect the workplace? how do we protect the players but not necessarily eliminating the fans, but the fans do have some responsibility also. >> and isiah, you also think race is a factor here? >> well, when you talk about