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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban: 'National Anthem Police in this country are out of control'
ESPN ^ | July 20, 2020 | Tim MacMahon

Posted on 07/20/2020 2:19:28 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban declared that the "National Anthem Police in this country are out of control," leading to a tense exchange on Twitter with Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican who represents Texas.

Cuban initially tweeted "Bye" on Sunday evening in response to a tweet from Mark Davis in which the Dallas-based conservative talk show host expressed enthusiasm about the Mavs but added he would no longer be a fan "the minute one player kneels for the anthem," suggesting Cuban could help guide the Mavs and NBA "to do whatever gesture they wish without insulting the nation."

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: basketball; blm; cruz; cuban; nationalanthem; nba
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To: ConservativeStatement

Tell ya what, Marc. Why don’t you take all of the web sites of all of your money making brands you control and post a statement on each home page stating that.


21 posted on 07/20/2020 2:46:21 PM PDT by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: gunsequalfreedom
Basketball: Put 2 minutes on the clock, give each team 100 points and you have a basketball game.

Exactly. It's a useless sport and who wants to smell their players. I think everyone knows what I mean.

22 posted on 07/20/2020 2:46:38 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell, 1984)
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To: JMS

Mark Cuban doesn’t care what fans think. All he cares about are corporate sponsors and the players on his plantation. Pro sports is just mirroring corporate “America” here. Corporations have been by and large leftist for decades.


23 posted on 07/20/2020 2:48:29 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: ConservativeStatement

We need to start actively boycotting leftists and their enablers. That includes companies that hire leftists. Either this is serious or it isn’t. Either we fight or comply. There is no middle ground anymore.


24 posted on 07/20/2020 2:51:27 PM PDT by Dat
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To: Bullish

I never liked basketball, never watched it.
Now, I wish I could unlike it even more.


25 posted on 07/20/2020 2:51:37 PM PDT by Senormechanico
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To: ConservativeStatement

Cuban would be severely wrong to think the current NBA and its players (heck, any professional sports nowadays it seemed) statements and action will attract, let alone maintain, their fan base.

My prediction is that all sports will blame covid-19 as major excuse for their failure.


26 posted on 07/20/2020 2:52:00 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Traitors are out of control.


27 posted on 07/20/2020 2:53:31 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: ConservativeStatement

That episode was so funny!


28 posted on 07/20/2020 2:54:51 PM PDT by carton253 (Jesus is everything.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

This Cuban character comes across as a real as*hole who thinks because he’s wealthy he can shoot his mouth off and everyone’s going to genuflect. Fuk that POS!


29 posted on 07/20/2020 2:59:00 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (No foreign enemy is as dangerous as the Democrat Party and its supporters.)
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To: Senormechanico
Well, I did love the NBA and especially the LA Lakers. Lots of thrills over the years. Now a bunch of un-patriotic, ungrateful stupid f**ks have destroyed the game and all of my interest in it. Millionaires that I wouldn't even want to share a cab ride with.
30 posted on 07/20/2020 3:02:05 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Hey Cuban, get out the USA and go find a country you like.


31 posted on 07/20/2020 3:03:18 PM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: ealgeone

Best Solution: No National Anthem at sporting events. I’d be good with this.


32 posted on 07/20/2020 3:03:20 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: Bookshelf

Cuban got REALLY rich once with Broadcast.com.

He sold it at the right time for billions.

His other investments...big whop.

I saw Cuban on “Shark Tank” once invest in a seasonal rental “business” of live Christmas trees, in giant pots. How much money could Cuban possibly make on such a tiddly-winks “business”? And why would he need to?

Shark Tank was one of my favorite shows, but I don’t watch it anymore. Cuban is too much of arrogant pr*ck. Fellow panelist Robert once told Cuban off and basically said so, on the air.


33 posted on 07/20/2020 3:03:44 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Wipe ANTIFA off the face of the Earth. Indict Soros, too...their sugar daddy.)
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To: lodi90

Corporations have been by and large leftist for decades.
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Corps can be destroyed if enough customers turn around and walk away!


34 posted on 07/20/2020 3:03:57 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (No foreign enemy is as dangerous as the Democrat Party and its supporters.)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

Your post is my favorite post of this thread!


35 posted on 07/20/2020 3:05:45 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Wipe ANTIFA off the face of the Earth. Indict Soros, too...their sugar daddy.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

What a fake ass American he turned out to be..


36 posted on 07/20/2020 3:07:52 PM PDT by kempster (w President of all time.)
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To: cornfedcowboy

NO. That’s caving in to the Left.


37 posted on 07/20/2020 3:08:48 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ConservativeStatement

Mark, Mark, Mark....there ya go going full retard....again.
Never go full retard, Mark. It makes you and your ilk look like fools.
What’s out of control is the marxist overthrow of the whole country. Maybe you should go to Cuba and stay there till it’s over.


38 posted on 07/20/2020 3:12:46 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Cuban is not allowed to say anything bad about China. He can’t say anything good about Hong Kong protesters. He can’t say anything good about our police.

He is no longer a man. He is a business that cares only about profits. I don’t expect to watch sports when they come back. Why should I care about black millionaires who want to get richer at the expense of slave labor in China. Our sports heros live of the slave labor of the Chinese people, of the blood of American police, and off the cable bills of of most American households. I smell a boycott.


39 posted on 07/20/2020 3:29:18 PM PDT by poinq
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To: ConservativeStatement

Pro sports teams think they are in for big ratings because of the forever lockdowns. They may be right. I hope they are wrong.


40 posted on 07/20/2020 4:10:28 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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