Renaldo Balkman ban for life in the PBA

This doesnt surprise me, he was a real hot head in the nba. Might be why he left it.

I think, yes, because as the sports analyst said, He is a foreigner and he doesn't have the right to harm Filipinos. It was being watched all over the world and Filipinos deserves to be respected.

Hello Jvincent, I don't think what he did deserve a lesser punishment, don't know if that's less punishable in other countries. but in the Philippines, it can be truly disrespectful to any one and most specially to our country when a foreigner blows off and starts disrespecting every one in the court and being watch through out the nation. while most of us trying to get the respect from other countries this one disregard ours, in our own land. what he did wasn't fit for a role model and therefore, he should be banned.

I do think that he just deserves to be banned. With the temper that he showed, what kind of sportsmanship does he know? It is plain stupid of him to attack those referees after the decision has been made. Besides, if he would have any bad feeling about loosing the game, he should have taken it as a challenge to give a better performance on the next game.

The decision was fair enough since he really hurt someone which is wrong. He is really quite hot temper and should learn from his action. Basketball is a sport so sportmanship should alwas be there and hot tempered people should not involve into any sports cause it may lead into something bad.

The decesion was fair. what he did was wrong and should never be allowed anywhere!!!

i've never heard of a teammate choking another teammate in pro sports even though wild things can happen in the heat of competition. talk about a dysfunctional team. i can't think of a worse way for a sports team to lose then like that.

Sure, I think he deserves the suspension, though I suspect he might not have received such a lifetime suspension in some other leagues. I had no idea Balkman was playing in the Philippines now, but this incident is definitely something I could see happening in the NBA. It brings to mind Mark Davis bodyslamming Shawn Bradley and Ron Artest fighting with fans in the stands. So I don't really think this is in and of itself disrespectful of Filipinos as others are saying here; these kind of violent sports brawls happen all over the world.

i think that the judgement and decision to ban balkman in the pba is fair. what balkman did to his teammates, referees, and coaches are unacceptable as a professional player. it is an utter disregard to the rules, sensibilities, professionalism of the sports and the league. i think this ban will serve him right. i hope he is able to reflect his own actions, although he already apologized for them.

First of all, his actions during the game was really inexcusable. It only shows that he really has an attitude problem. I mean, he's appealing for really a no-foul. It was only all about frustration seeing their winning streak come to an end against the Alaska Aces. Harassing the referees one by one and then pushing the assistant coach away and choking his own teammate, are you kidding me? I have seen many brawls and altercations in the NBA but not like this one. He definitely deserves it. Those could be the reasons why he was waived by the Knicks and not getting any contract offers from NBA teams.