{"id":132944,"date":"2025-09-10T14:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/132944\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T14:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:25:09","slug":"launceston-basketball-altercation-sparks-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/132944\/","title":{"rendered":"Launceston basketball altercation sparks investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A courtside altercation involving players and spectators has disrupted a junior basketball semi-final in Launceston, with officials now investigating the matter ahead of next week\u2019s grand finals.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred during Monday evening\u2019s match at Elphin Sports Centre, where spectators became involved after a dispute between players during the Launceston Basketball Association semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>The LBA responded with a public statement addressing the behaviour and outlining its position on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis behaviour is unacceptable, will not be tolerated and is not condoned by the LBA,\u201d the association said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe incident affected staff and officials and was witnessed by junior members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45994\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pulsetasmania.com.au\/a876dfa0-0n0wm2i5hvizgvo_1zkc9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a876dfa0-0n0wm2i5hvizgvo_1zkc9.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a876dfa0-0n0wm2i5hvizgvo_1zkc9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The match was held at Elphin Sports Centre during the Launceston Basketball Association semi-final. Image \/ Stock&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/a876dfa0-0n0wm2i5hvizgvo_1zkc9-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.pulsetasmania.com.au\/images\/pmg\/a876dfa0-0n0wm2i5hvizgvo_1zkc9-1024x683.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a876dfa0-0n0wm2i5hvizgvo_1zkc9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\"  \/>The match was held at Elphin Sports Centre during the Launceston Basketball Association semi-final. Image \/ Stock<\/p>\n<p>The association highlighted concerns about the example set for young players present at the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdults must set the standard as role models in our basketball community,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have requested that footage of the incident not be shared on social media platforms, asking for existing material to be removed in accordance with association policy.<\/p>\n<p>An independent tribunal will now review the matter under Basketball Australia protocols, which require external oversight for incidents in junior competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A courtside altercation involving players and spectators has disrupted a junior basketball semi-final in Launceston, with officials now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-132944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}