Posted on 07/22/2016 8:19:01 AM PDT by Kaslin
Adam Silver, NBA commish, sure has an odd appearance, doesn’t he? Reminds me a bit of Carville.
Anyway, he decided the NBA needs to bend over backwards to prove that they are liberal. Thus this move to revoke the All Star game.
How many “transwhatever” people are big basketball fans? And how many fans in the seats at a typical NBA game are “trans” type people, who are allegedly now being discriminated against????
One cannot give in to bullies. It will lead to more bulling.
Remember when the NFL pulled the Super Bowl out of Phoenix, because at that time, Arizona didn’t have a state holiday to honor Martin Luther King???
What’s with sports leagues bending over backwards, to prove that they are liberal???
They will be moving the game to a sanctuary city and want a franchise in Turkey and China.
NC should try to single them out and tax them more somehow. If they leave, it will be good for the state. I like the redskins and they have facilities and practice in Virginia. Because of things like this I hope Virginia never gets a professional team of any kind. The corporations can be bad enough.
The NBA doesn’t have much of a following. They don’t play Basketball well, anyway. The older guys were much better players imo.
The good people of Charlotte should demand the removal of the NBA perverts from their city.
I worked with lots of fruits and freaks in Manhattan. Probably more than 2 dozen.
Never met ONE sports fan. Not one. They used to pick NFL teams for the office pool by the color of their uniforms.
#### the all star game. NC wont fold if it isn’t held there.
LOOK WHAT WE CAN DO!! Target is gasping for air!! I take surveys and SO MANY ask if I am aware of recent events with Target and if I still shop there. They’re hurting.
We might not be able to affect the NBA in the same way, but wherever we can, we must act.
To my understanding the Charlotte ordinance not only allowed men to use publically owned women’s facilities, it mandated that privately owned facilities must also allow it. The NC state law then reversed it for publically owned facilities, using the sex on their birth certificate as the rule, and gave the choice back to private business as to who can use their own damn bathrooms and other private areas. Target and Trump can both allow men use whatever bathrooms they want to in their NC properties, at least to my understanding.
Freegards
That’s what I’m talking about.
The people who the NBA is allegedly so concerned about, don’t even follow the sport. They aren’t fans and don’t buy the merchandise.
So why should the NBA feel the need to kowtow to them?
Heck , why is a sports league even taking sides in the first place, over a social/political issue????
All I know about the NBA is that during the playoffs they interrupt my nightly viewing of Seinfeld on TBS.
I’m not smart enough to understand the whole big picture.
But I do think it has something with corporations and the govt wanting a marxist state for us but not for them.
How do you get that to be punishment? More like, "good riddance".
And point taken about the transfer to N'awlins. I'm sure it had nothing to do with a purported "Chocolate City". The oh so politically correct NBA would neeever participate in any kind of discrimination, I'm sure. /s
N'awlins is a lot different demographic from Charlotte. What could go wrong? d;^)
Big deal. Eff the NBA.
You know what a good response to the NBA for this BS would be?
Ban ANY and ALL NBA sponsored events and activities in NC, and arrest any NBA sponsor, player, or official who violates this ban and charge them with public indecency.
That’ll get their attention.
So I learned to really hate anything basketball at an early age. And I've seen no reason to alter that position. d:^)
Got a point there; sometimes money means selling souls.
People listen to money. If the NBA is worried gay/trans critters won’t buy their merchandise to accessorize, that’s their choice.
If decent people find bullying offensive, we can make choices too. If you’re a basketball fan, watch college ball. If you’re worried about the loss of tourism for that one All Star game, look at what actually happens to NC tourism.
My guess: The open venue and rooms will attract another audience. The financial loss will be minor if it even exists. If real Americans look at this and decide NC is a safe state for vacationing year round, NC may even profit from this fuss.
I can say ruefully that I know too what it’s like to be a son of a sport-a-holic. I didn’t mind the hogging of the TV, being only a sporadic TV watcher myself. I did mind it when being considered less important to dad than the game was. I think dads with this attitude are idiots. Can’t they at least explain what is happening.
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