Posted on 10/08/2020 4:46:52 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Maybe the NBA commissioner got "woked" between the eyes
Maybe the advertisers are texting NBA commissioner Adam Silver about the lousy ratings. Or maybe Mr. Silver finds Lebron James as obnoxious as the rest of us.
One way or another, the "social justice" won't be back next season, according to Mr. Silver:
We’re completely committed to standing for social justice and racial equality and that’s been the case going back decades. It’s part of the DNA of this league. How it gets manifested is something we’re gonna have to sit down with the players and discuss for next season. I would say, in terms of the messages you see on the court and our jerseys, this was an extraordinary moment in time when we began these discussions with the players and what we all lived through this summer. My sense is there’ll be somewhat a return to normalcy, that those messages will largely be left to be delivered off the floor.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Says the head of the league that is 95% black. If you are so committed to racial equality then get back to me when the league is 12% black.
I’ll be curious if the younger generations hang onto the NBA, although 45% of the TV audience is black (from a few years ago). Not sure about the arena audience make-up going forward. It would be great for white Americans to step away from the NBA and let black Americans and the Chinese pay for the product. Hispanics have never really supported the NBA in large numbers.
People vote with their eye balls. Not counting the celebrities and the multi millionaires who can afford tickets and the companies who prop up the cash gate, middle Americans DO NOT wish to be called racists, bigots, uncaring, or Nazis by anyone regardless of their complexion. I have not watched the NBA since the 70s so that is not a concern but I did watch the NFL and attended a few games as I could afford. Last year when I saw owners lined up kneeling et al I said ENOUGH. My sundays are now event full. Baseball? Don’t even know whom is playing, nor care. This is from someone who was a Yankee fan since my dad took me to Joe Dimaggio’s last game. As far as businesses go, I avoid Target, Ford, Pepsi, Disney, Hollywood, as much as I can.
Scum.
Never. Again.
Yep! How could anyone go back is like finding out the high school girl you’ve always like is really a super skank.
Yet, many will unfortunately...
Why wait?
Why not end the BLM propaganda now, today, this very minute?
The Africanization of the NBA is antiAmerican to the core.
The thing is, the nba really doesn’t care if we watch or not. Silver knows the future of their league is in China. As long as Xi continues to applaud racist, anti Trump, anti America nba thugs, nothing will change.
Maybe they’re learning who their fans are- and it’s not the woke millennials that are planting BLM signs in their front yards. The NBA was always a niche league, and that niche just got a lot smaller.
If we can have women in the Navy Seals, why can’t we havw women in the NBA? In the case of special forces, it’s a matter of ife or death but basketball is just a game, right? Give the girls a chnce. And white men are underrepresented too, by the way.
We need affirmative action for professional sports.
They are going to write huge effing checks to BLM to get them to quietly go along with this.
In the end that will actually do more substantial damage to this country than some stupid slogan on a court or a jersey.
+1
Great comment!
We need affirmative action for professional sports.
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They only want affirmative action when it displaces white players. Never the other way around.
Insulting your customers is never a good idea as commercial sports is finding out. Many former fans have found better things to do with their time that waste endless hours watching a bunch of ingrates on a field or court. And they’re not coming back.
BLM - Blacks who Love Marxism
The cost of stupidity is high, as pro sports leagues are finding out.
I have no idea why the NBA owners hired Adam Silver in the first place; even more so why they haven’t fired him by now.
They are going to write huge effing checks to BLM to get them to quietly go along with this.
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We have historically paid people not to riot.
That is what all the welfare is about.
unfortunately, they always want more.......................
Adam Silver, I meant.
Notice there is no game tonight which there normally would be since the NFL has a game on. So its on tomorrow.
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