A part-time professor at George Washington University, Robert Kasmir, was honored during the first half of Saturday's regular-season finale for donating between $10,000 and $24,999 to the university. He came out onto the court with his family to accept the recognition, and he had front row seats for the game. Apparently this wasn't enough attention for Kasmir, as he decided to heckle a referee from his seat after a foul call in the second half:
I like how he's being led out by the athletic department representatives and then turns to the crowd and puts both hands in the air like he just won a game or something. Worst of all, one of the family members with him was a young boy. What kind of example does this set for him? How does it look for GW to have this man representing the university? Come on people, have some respect and some dignity.
Professor honored at halftime tossed from game for heckling [Yahoo! Sports]
Professor, donor tossed from basketball game [GW Hatchet]
“Basically, I told the ref he was the worst ref I’d ever seen and he wasn’t worth the $1,600 dollars they were paying him and that was it,” Kasmir said. “And then he ejected me from the game.”Kasmir didn't leave his seat right away, so the game had to be delayed an extra minute or two while members of the GW athletic department removed him from the front row. [Watch video of the incident here]
Associate Sports Information Director Brad Bower said Kasmir was ejected for violating the NCAA and Atlantic 10 Sportsmanship Statement.
"Profanity, racial or sexist comments, or other intimidating actions directed at officials, student-athletes, coaches or teams will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the site of competition,” the statement reads.There's no denying that Kasmir violated this code, and he deserved to be ejected. Certainly this is no way for a fan to behave under any circumstances, but for someone who is honored during the game to behave this way? Seems like a publicity stunt, if you ask me. Does he have a book coming out soon? Or a reality show?
I like how he's being led out by the athletic department representatives and then turns to the crowd and puts both hands in the air like he just won a game or something. Worst of all, one of the family members with him was a young boy. What kind of example does this set for him? How does it look for GW to have this man representing the university? Come on people, have some respect and some dignity.
Professor honored at halftime tossed from game for heckling [Yahoo! Sports]
Professor, donor tossed from basketball game [GW Hatchet]
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