A Sunday morning game between R.A.W. Athletics of Chicago and the Houston Raptors in Atlanta took a turn when a fight erupted between players and a referee.
Huge brawl erupts between refs and players at basketball game
Details are still emerging on what happened Sunday morning.
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
Details are unclear at this time, but despite the caption on the above videos there is conflicting information on what sparked the brawl. Video appears to show players attacking a referee unprovoked — but other accounts indicate things might have been different.
Despite the game being billed as an AAU game, the AAU is distancing itself from the incident, saying that it was not sanctioned by its organization. In a statement released Sunday night the AAU said the following:
“The incident at the non-AAU basketball event in Georgia is unfortunate. The AAU organization takes the safety and well-being of our athletes, coaches and officials very seriously. Any such behavior is never tolerated at licensed AAU events and, for those groups who fraudulently represent themselves as AAU, we will pursue all legal remedies.”
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