Women's Tennis vs. Western Michigan Saturday, 12 p.m. Track and Tennis Building The Michigan Daily SPORTS Women's Tennis vs. Bowling Green Tomorrow, 2 p.m. Track and Tennis Building : Tuesday, March 14, 1989 Page 7 h e SpOWno k til Pompous Palace treats .p rilg ise prting the spof'fro loyal subjects like serfs e Snot nave s thes r in vices he orn BY JAY MOSES Take me out to the Palace, Take me out to the crowd. Buy me some fur coats and real estate, I don't care if a hoop game is played, Just be rude, rude, rude to your neighbor, If they can't hear, it's too bad. 'Cause it's one, two, three quarters you' re out At the old Pa-lace. Such is life for a Detroit Pistons * fan. There was a time, not too long ago, when the Pistons, and for that matter the entire NBA, were strug- gling. They struggled when they played at Cobo Hall, and even in the early years of their Silverdome ten- ancy. Pistons tickets were not what you would call a hot commodity. Crowds were sparse, and, by and large, a Pistons game was not the place for the upper crust of society to make their presence known. IN THE EARLY 80's, with the arrival of innovative commissioner David Stern and a couple of young hot-shots named Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, the NBA began to turn itself around. Media exposure increased. Fans started taking notice of their teams. All of a sudden, NBA basketball Alb, E became big business. Owners, players, and advertisers began to smell money. Salaries shot up. Owner's losses were replaced by profits. Advertising was everywhere. Television coverage, and the reven- ues that come with it, skyrocketed. And, oh yes, ticket prices went up a little too. THE PISTONS got caught up in the fervor. They drafted Isiah Thomas and Kelly Tripucka, and all of a sudden they saw the potential to relieve themselves of their laugh- ingstock image. Then the Pistons decided that the Silverdome was no longer the place for them to play. They needed a basketball arena, not a converted football stadium. They needed a roof that wouldn't inhibit their shooting. They needed a home of their own. Thus was conceived the Palace of Auburn Hills. At its inception, it was hailed as a state-of-the-art facility; the basketball arena of the future, a Palace fit for kings. And that it is. I can say with conviction that the Palace is the nicest, most comfortable, most advanced, and most lavish basketball arena I have ever seen. It is a beautiful building - when it's empty. The fans arrive for a game, and it becomes a much less pleasant place to be. GAMES AT the Palace have become showcases for the rich to display their wealth and status. If you are ever lucky enough to get tickets for a game, look around. Count the business suits, fur coats, expensive jewelry. Not only that, but the Palace also holds less than half the number of fans that the Silverdome held. Not everybody who used to go can get tickets anymore. The system by which tickets are obtained for Pis- tons games is elitist and almost completely excludes those who don't have the connections to get the tickets or the money to pay the outrageous prices. The attitude and general at- mosphere there is a product of the crowd. It feels like people aren't even there to watch the game as much as just to be there. The people who work for the Palace promote the negative, elitist feelings by giving preferential treatment to the patrons in the best seats. Why don't the Palace employees take the drink order of the fan in row 50? The average fan, a category in which I see myself falling, feels un- comfortable in this snobbish, hostile environment. It really doesn't even feel like a sporting event. It feels like a high society social gathering. WHEN I GO to Tiger Stadium for a game, I feel like I am at the same type of place where I played baseball as a kid. I am in a park, where baseball is meant to be played. There is room for the middle- class, die-hard sports fan - right next to the rich businessman from the suburbs. And in Auburn Hills, sadly enough, that is not the case. Bas- ketball was meant to be played in a gym, if not a playground. Call me crazy, but the razzle-dazzle Palace does not qualify for either. As long as the Pistons continue to thrive as a "hot" ticket in this town, there will be no room for the average fan, who is in most cases the true fan. When owners lose sight of that, the sport is robbed of its essence. Hardly a situation fit for a King. Michigan's Joe Pantaleo handles, a Northern Illinois opponent earlier this season. Pantaleo defeated him en route to compiling a 37-2 record. He now travels to Oklahoma City in search of a national title. Pantaleo pins BY STEVEN COHEN Five years ago a two-time state champ from Roseville, and a three-year veteran of Michigan's summer wrestling camps, was undecided about where he should attend college. He was leaning towards Oklahoma State when all of a sudden Michigan coach Dale Bahr called. "Coach, I'm going to Oklahoma State," recruit Joe Pantaleo said. "Don't do anything yet" Bahr replied. The coach proceeded to drive the 45 miles to Roseville and by the time Bahr returned to Ann Arbor, Pantaleo was a Wolverine. "HE JUST WANTED reassurance that our program was the type of program where he could win an NCAA title," Bahr said. "He had some high goals coming out of high school." Pantaleo -has reached many of these lofty aims, though he has yet to win the NCAA title he desires so much. At Thursday's national championships Pantaleo will, ironically, return to Oklahoma for one last chance to fulfill his collegiate aspirations. This time, however, Pantaleo (37-2) is the nation's top-ranked wrestler at 158 pounds. And although Pantaleo was upset at the Big Tens by Minnesota's Gordy Morgan, he seems to be everyone's choice to reach the finals this year. hopes on title Amateur Wrestling News lists Pantaleo, who set a Michigan dual meet victory record with 20 wins, and Arizona State's second-ranked Rick St. John as the co-favorites to reach the finals at the NCAA's. Last season, in wrestling to a runner-up position at the NCAA's, Pantaleo decisioned St. John, 4-3. "PANTALEO HAS been a stud for them all season," Oklahoma State assistant Jim Shields said. "I think we'll see him in the finals." Just as it was a close call getting Pantaleo to wrestle for Michigan, his losses this season have all been by close margins. This season, he lost to Eas- tern Michigan's Joel Smith and Morgan in overtime. The loss to Morgan was particularly painful as it was for the Big Ten Championship and the loss re- sulted from what Pantaleo calls, "freshman mistakes." Now, Pantaleo realizes that he has to work even harder "I have to beat guys by wide-open spreads," he said. "I'm just trying to get my head back into it and wrestle. I learned from it and that's the important thing. But I have to put it behind me." Thursday is Pantaleo's opportunity to further distinguish his family name in the record books as a national champion. But he knows he doesn't have much room for error. "Out there to win you have to wrestle 4o minutes, that isn't even one practice." Or one drive out to Roseville from Ann Arbor. Share the news, 1 aiI I x Hi, Ulri U r K11 xx.n A i1UNA JYU1 is hiring TRIP LEADERS for its Outdoor Program for Sp./Su. semester. Experience lea in outdoor trips (backpacking, climbing, canoelraft basic camping) preferred. Must be available &oApril 7-9 training weekend. Call the NCRB at 763-4560 or stop by during business hours for more information. 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