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NBA players threaten to cancel season in protest, cite ‘systematic racism’ as reason
BizPac Review ^ | June 13, 2020 | Vivek Saxena

Posted on 06/13/2020 10:00:05 AM PDT by kevcol

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To: TheConservativeBanker
Good point on the TV contracts that pay the freight for these professional leagues. NASCAR made its pompous confederate flag ban, because they are still in the middle of a multi-billion $ TV contract that runs until 2024. With declining attendance and viewership, no way NASCAR comes close to that with their next deal. Enjoy it while it lasts boys. When the tv remedies dries up you’ll be begging the rednecks (and I use that as a term of affection) to come back to the track. I hope they give you this 🖕🏿
161 posted on 06/13/2020 11:13:16 AM PDT by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

i hated the Lakers after Kobe “retired”. I’m more a Heat fan as I go where Pat Riley goes.

There is no effing way I would root for the Flakers now that idiot racist moron called Lestupid is playing ...I would rather slit my wrists.


162 posted on 06/13/2020 11:13:27 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberal employees at every election since 2008 because I enjoy seeing them cry)
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To: Professional

PLEASE cancel the NBA forever.


163 posted on 06/13/2020 11:13:48 AM PDT by alstewartfan (One day he just washed up on the shores of his regrets. May his soul rest in peace. Al S.)
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To: Will88

the owners can tear up the contract with the NBA players’ association.”

Yes maybe then can but will they after hell rains down on them for “being racist and not supporting the cause”.


164 posted on 06/13/2020 11:14:23 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: kevcol

Um...OK.

}:-)4


165 posted on 06/13/2020 11:14:35 AM PDT by Moose4 (I am father to a teenager. My opinion is invalid.)
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To: kevcol

Gambling keeps the NFL alive in the interests of many but the NBA is a self-righteous bore that was once destined for the graveyard in the late 70s when the Finals were shown on tape delay in some markets. Then came the shiny 80s with the advent of cable TV, marketing of personalities in major markets and America feeling good about itself and that helped the NBA grow enormously. That growth continued over the decades but the personalities dwindled to a handful and eventually hopefully should fizzle. It is apparent these clowns do not like you, the consumer. Burn your jerseys, cancel cable, whatever it takes to relegate these blowhards from the penthouses to the back alleys where they belong.


166 posted on 06/13/2020 11:15:35 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (We are NOT all in this together.)
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Do these players stop being paid when not playing or do they still collect ?

That will help gauge how easy it might be for them to mouth off ‘in protest’.

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167 posted on 06/13/2020 11:17:50 AM PDT by elbook
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To: kevcol

No, seriously, you ignorant NBA dumbasses...


168 posted on 06/13/2020 11:20:04 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: gibsonguy
Yes maybe then can but will they after hell rains down on them for “being racist and not supporting the cause”.

Some of the commentators on ESPN radio seemed to think the owners would tear up the contract with the NBA players' association, if the players don't play in the resumed NBA season. I don't know, but if the financial losses become too great they just might do it.

The owners can't keep paying full salaries unless they play games and draw large TV audiences, and large live crowds once that is resumed.

169 posted on 06/13/2020 11:28:07 AM PDT by Will88 (The only people opposing voter ID are those benefiting from voter fraud.)
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To: kevcol

Bwahahahaha!


170 posted on 06/13/2020 11:28:19 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Just sit in your house until the food stops coming and then starve. You'll be safe.)
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To: timestax

Well that’s great, not only won’t we have to look at your ignorant faces, you all can go back to stocking shelves because that’s all you are qualified for if you are not playing basketball.


171 posted on 06/13/2020 11:30:06 AM PDT by Bayan
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To: max americana

I hated it when LeBron came here, I never wanted him here..I like Anthony Davis but LeDouche, he runs his trap all the time crying about racism while he makes loads of money and kisses up to the Chinese


172 posted on 06/13/2020 11:30:54 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

A bunch of demanding, childish children. All of them at this point. “Be dead Gopher, you be dead!”


173 posted on 06/13/2020 11:31:37 AM PDT by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
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To: kevcol

We don’t NEED professional athletes, celebrities, self-proclaimed VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE — especially to tell us how to live our lives as virtuously as they do.

Let them get a job like everybody else does.


174 posted on 06/13/2020 11:32:37 AM PDT by MikeHu
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To: kevcol

Good news!


175 posted on 06/13/2020 11:33:58 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: kevcol

PLEASE DO! FUND YOURSELVES. TAKE THE REST OF TOUR LIVES OFF.


176 posted on 06/13/2020 11:34:08 AM PDT by richardtavor
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To: Will88

At this point I’ll bet of major league sport owners wish they weren’t. I can’t imagine trying to keep these millionaire cry baby’s happy.


177 posted on 06/13/2020 11:34:45 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: kevcol

I have never in my life watched a professional basketball game. They should just put 100 points on the board for both teams and 5 minutes on the clock. Can’t stand watching over paid grown men run back and forth.


178 posted on 06/13/2020 11:35:45 AM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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To: kevcol
No, not that!
179 posted on 06/13/2020 11:39:31 AM PDT by Ken H (Best SOTU ever!)
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To: kevcol

these fools don’t understand that the sports “hero” platform that they all stand on evaporates the minute their entire sport collapses, and no one gives a damn what any of them say if they’re no longer “superstars” who are winning games ... the opinions of laid-off sports figures become about as interesting as ditch diggers and counter-top salesmen, which many of them who haven’t saved their money will become ...


180 posted on 06/13/2020 11:42:36 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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