Abolish the handshake line.
That was the suggestion some coaches, fans and sports pundits had after University of Michigan basketball coach and former Miami Heat player Juwan Howard, the reigning National Coach of the Year, slapped a Wisconsin assistant coach in the face as tempers flared during handshakes after a Wolverines loss last Sunday.
It was an ugly scene, as ugly as I’ve seen in college basketball — or any sport — in a long time. The sight of two grown men, Howard and Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard, both respected coaches who make a combined $5.45 million a year, shouting at each other, poking fingers in faces, grabbing shirts and eventually coming to blows, was absolutely revolting.
