Posted on 06/30/2020 5:08:11 AM PDT by C19fan
One of the central arguments against restarting the NBA season was the momentum social justice reform had gained in the United States. Playing basketball would theoretically provide a distraction for a nation whose focus should be on combatting both systemic racism and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and a number of players were reportedly uneasy about being part of such a distraction. Were the NBA to resume play under the circumstances, it would have to use its platform in the name of social change in order to satisfy those players. Fortunately, the NBA has taken significant steps in that arena. On Saturday, it was reported that players will be able to include social justice messages on the backs of their jerseys at Disney. That decision, while powerful, puts the onus on players. The league itself needed to send a message of solidarity, and is doing so with its latest decision. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Zach Lowe and Ramona Shelburne, the league plans to paint "Black Lives Matter" on both sidelines on all three of the courts they will be using at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex.
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They can do what they want. I don’t watch basketball.
I hope Lebron ruptures both Achilles tendons.
They should cancel the season
I guess the only sports I can watch now are curling and cricket.
The NBA represents junk basketball at its finest. Please let me know if there is any change after they get through painting whatever they want to on whatever courts they choose.
Will they print it in Chinese as well?
They can say what they want and sell what they want. That is what I love about capitalism. I also love that I don’t have to buy it or participate in it.
I think that’s dang nice of them to help me decide what to watch when there’s so much else to see. They have went out of their way to guarantee whatever I watch wont be the NBA.
In America you are free to spend your money put on just about any show you want to produce. People are also free to embrace it or ignore it. If the ratings are bad, you know what they will be calling advertisers who pull their ads.
“They can say what they want and sell what they want.”
As long as it’s the PC thing to do.
“That is what I love about capitalism.”
The US is far removed from a Laissez faire economy.
We don’t practice capitalism, we practice corporatism.
We have always been at war with Eurasia.
They don’t want us watching anyway. It is their game.
And if you are a rare white player and you have nothing added to your jersey, are you automatically a racist?
Sometimes I think the hidden plan behind these sorts of things is to bankrupt or otherwise dismantle anything that offered a shared American experience. Boy Scouts, NFL, NASCAR, NBA, etc. We vote with our feet, but then ultimately these organizations die off and America loses another bit of what used to define us as a culture. I wish we were more inclined to put up a battle against these Marxists hijackers. Pack the stadiums with people wearing “all lives matter” t shirts, for example. Something that demonstrates that these people are not the majority viewpoint.
Best post of the day.
Painting blm has nothing to do with “social justice.” I never had any interest in basketball, and will never watch a game now that games are going to promote racial hatred.
Invented by a White man, like most things in the world.
I like that flick.
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