
Once JuJu Watkins got injured with a confirmed ACL tear, the Women’s NCAA Tournament as we know it has completely changed.
In fact it was shocking and my jaw dropped to the floor.
I like much of the world was speechless.
My jaw dropped through every clip, and my eyes rose, but I wasn’t bitter about this incident as it looked like a freak accident. That is why I think the USC fanbase had every right to be upset, but for fans and players to start fighting each other was a huge stretch.
Always be sportsmanlike even when your partner is down.
That was a valuable life lesson I learned when I ever had beef with people that would bully me in school.
I couldn’t fight, I just had to stand back and defend myself along with others if they were in the paths way.
It was nothing more than a freak accident, but in whatever category your thought process on the situation, it was a totally and completely appalling site to see an injured JuJu Watkins, one of the best female basketball player right now playing in college, and a possible number one draft pick in the WNBA Draft, seeing her roll around in pain was a dark and scary scene for everyone who witnessed the situation.
For this team to lost their star player at one of the most critical times in the tournament will now make more clear room for Paige Bueckers and the UConn Huskies to win the National Championship on April 6, and I know, this sounds greedy to say especially since we are talking about a human who suffered one of the worst injuries in her life, but UConn is now taking full authority in this tournament, and that just crushes any fanbase involved in an injury like this.
It reminded me when Derrick Rose back when he was successful for the Chicago Bulls got injured in the 2012 NBA Playoffs.
The response to the incident and even the aftermath of such an injury could impact a team, and even a community for many years and sometimes decades.
Chicago also reacted swiftly to the incident, but to have every USC fan and players inside the Galen Center last starting to pick fights with other individuals, especially those who were not involved in the injury was emotional, and it clearly shows you how much of a community impact Watkins has made in Southern California.
As much as this is emotional for people, be civil and don’t ever take out your angers on people and athletes who were not involved in the injury as we live in such an immature society where people are attacking those who had no involvement in a war or an incident.
I wish Watkins the best, and this injury, just like I mentioned about the Derrick Rose injury in Chicago, will have deeper impacts on the community, especially if she is not able to fully recover.
This incident is purely unbelieveable.