The basketball player who ran to a referee during a match and caused a scandal in La Plata received a strong monetary and sports sanction, since must pay $ 54,000 and meet 53 suspension dates. Is about José Luis Pappalardi, the Chivilcoy Gymnastics player who in a match played against Platense in our city wanted to attack the judge. The event was recorded in a video that went viral and had international reach.
The ruling was decided by the Disciplinary Court of the Basketball Federation of the province of Buenos Aires and, as already said, the athlete will have to pay a large sum of money and face 53 disabled games, of which he has already completed four. It is worth noting that the match where the incident occurred was suspended and, as expected, the Tricolor won the points.
The fact for which Pappalardi was sanctioned was recorded in a video and had great importance through social networks, since it arrived until unthinkable places. In the images you can see how the basketball player chased the referee around the rectangle Andres Alvarez, who was desperately trying to escape from what could turn into a savage beating.
It all happened when, at the beginning of the last quarter, the judge sanctioned the second unsportsmanlike foul for the gymnastics player. Dissatisfied and enraged by what was charged, the basketball player jumped on the referee and began to verbally attack him.
This caused rivals and their own teammates to contain it, although it was difficult on the court and Álvarez had to start running to escape from Pappalardi, who chased him to the outskirts of the stadium located in the heart of La Plata.
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