Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-1599757-20151212162645/@comment-4010415-20151213010830

They likely have ways to heal his knee better than we ever could in our world, considering their technology and Aura.

What this has accomplished is

1. It looked like Yang was showing horrible, rotten sportsmanship by intentionally injuring him after she won the fight, basically shooting him while he's down and defenseless. In the audience's eyes, that was vicious and entirely unnecessary. The tournament and festival are supposed to be a celebration of peace and unity between the kingdoms. The colosseum is named after a word for Friendship, for pete's sake! This has sparked an absolutely massive amount of negative emotion from every single person watching, not just in the colosseum, but also on TV. That much negative emotion has drawn the attention of the nearby Grimm, including the Goliaths, which... as you saw, standing next to a rather tall building, are pretty huge.

2. Like Jaric said, and like I've pointed out before, Team RWBY has been in the villains' way ever since they began Phase 1 in Vale. They just keep putting hurdles in the villains' way, to the point where I wouldn't be surprised if it has become personal. So, of course, they'd like to target Team RWBY. They just made Yang look like an arrogant, spiteful, dangerous bitch on worldwide live TV. They ruined her reputation, and that reputation might cause problems for Team RWBY.

3. Thanks to the cliffhanger, we're left wondering how the people in charge are going to deal with Yang, but apparently, the Atlesians did not take that lightly, considering she was surrounded by AKs and soldiers who were pointing their guns at her. Will they consider it assault? While Team RWBY deals with the fallout of the situation, they'll be out of the villains' way for whatever they have planned next.