The home win for Kansas State over No. 8 Kansas was a huge win for Bruce Weber’s team in the rivalry. Unfortunately, the win was overshadowed a bit by a fan who bumped into Kansas forward Jamari Traylor.
A man identifying himself as the person responsible for bumping Traylor publicly revealed himself on Tuesday.
Nathan Power wrote a letter to the editor in The Collegian that acted as an apology to everybody involved.
Here it is, in full:
It’s a stupid decision by anybody to touch a player for simply participating in a game, but Traylor should also be commended for keeping his cool in such a heated situations. Plenty of athletes (and people) have reacted far worse for simpler things and he did a good job of just letting it go.
As for Power, he shouldn’t be allowed to attend games if he can’t act responsibly. It’s commendable that he apologized, but the rest of the population seems aware not to touch the participants when they attend a sporting event.