Gonzaga suspends Stockton’s season tickets over mask rule

The Associated Press ^ | January 23, 2022

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Gonzaga has suspended John Stockton’s basketball season tickets after the Hall of Fame point guard refused to comply with the university’s mask mandate.

Stockton, one of Gonzaga’s most prominent alums, confirmed the move in a Saturday interview with The Spokesman-Review.

“Basically, it came down to, they were asking me to wear a mask to the games and being a public figure, someone a little bit more visible, I stuck out in the crowd a little bit,” Stockton said. “And therefore they received complaints and felt like from whatever the higher-ups — those weren’t discussed, but from whatever it was higher up — they were going to have to either ask me to wear a mask or they were going to suspend my tickets.”

Stockton has come out against COVID-19 vaccines, mask mandates and other protective measures. Last June, he participated in a documentary titled “COVID and the Vaccine: Truth, Lies and Misconceptions Revealed.”

Meanwhile, public health experts say masks are a key virus-prevention tool that are most effective when worn by a large number of people.

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Went 2 years, regular lib arts program. Did well in everything but “Social Justice” class, was deeply offended by what they said about those rotten rich people....who were paying for their school. PoliSci was always my top interest since I was 5 years old...worked as UPI photographer’s assistant at Dem National Convention in Chicago, knew more apt politics then than Jebbies would ever know. Steeped in theory and skewed, no real knowledge. Plus, they hated women. As in HATED.

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Went 2 years, regular lib arts program. Did well in everything but “Social Justice” class, was deeply offended by what they said about those rotten rich people....who were paying for their school. PoliSci was always my top interest since I was 5 years old...worked as UPI photographer’s assistant at Dem National Convention in Chicago, knew more apt politics then than Jebbies would ever know. Steeped in theory and skewed, no real knowledge. Plus, they hated women. As in HATED.

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The DNC Chicago convention was a long time ago, right? What did they call the social justice class back then? Why did they hate women? How did you earn a living with a PoliSci background? Seems like that might have been hard.

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“Social Justice.”

Aways worked in publishing, which had nothing to do with politics. As in nothing. Also got married, had kids, stayed home. Sometimes worked at home.

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Good for you.

I was a techie, an engineer. One of the least politicized careers over the years. I would presume that today most careers are at least somewhat politicized.