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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: afchief

You couldn’t care less.


41 posted on 06/13/2020 10:07:48 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: kevcol

And the problem is?


42 posted on 06/13/2020 10:07:52 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: PGR88

“They wouldn’t dare not show up for their paychecks.”

Many if not most have guaranteed contracts. The NBA was first major sport to stop because of the virus which caused the cascade of all the others. The players got full pay so why not. Will any NBA owner have the stones to try to withhold pay for “this worthy cause”?


43 posted on 06/13/2020 10:08:08 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: kevcol

That sounds like really good news. I may start watching the NBA again when the demographics are equal to the general population.


44 posted on 06/13/2020 10:08:32 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: kevcol

As a Celtics fan, I was overjoyed to see Kyrie Irving leave the Celtics last year. He was a completely exhausting locker-room cancer and facepalming weirdo, and he sucked all the oxygen out of the room at every opportunity.

SO GLAD he’s now some other team’s problem.


45 posted on 06/13/2020 10:08:33 AM PDT by StoneRainbow68
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To: kevcol

If a tree falls in a forest.......


46 posted on 06/13/2020 10:08:58 AM PDT by kabar
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To: kevcol

Please do.


47 posted on 06/13/2020 10:09:36 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is li)
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To: kevcol

Blazing Saddles Scene where the Black Sheriff threatens to shoot himself in 3,2,1...


48 posted on 06/13/2020 10:09:43 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: All

What’s the NBA?


49 posted on 06/13/2020 10:09:46 AM PDT by Exit148
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To: afchief

Seems a passionatly negative thing to say for one who could care less.


50 posted on 06/13/2020 10:10:01 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: kevcol
The systemic racism that pays them millions of dollars, far more than most people of any color make, to play a game!!!
51 posted on 06/13/2020 10:10:02 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: kevcol

Perfect. If it were just the virus as the reason, LeBron would be complaining because he knows it’s a wasted season of his career for another title. Because it’s now racism as the reason, going to be difficult for him to whine about that.


52 posted on 06/13/2020 10:10:06 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: kevcol

Among the 3,668 players Wilczynski looked at over that 63 year-period, the average NBA career length was 4.9 years.
If these stoopid ball dribblers who spend their money like it is water can afford to lose a years salary then go for it


53 posted on 06/13/2020 10:10:30 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Molon Labe' Baby, Molon Labe)
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To: Vaduz

We triple-dog dare you!


54 posted on 06/13/2020 10:10:47 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I think the players should sit out for the next 15 years. At least, they should refuse to play until Don Lemon and AOC say there is no more racial injustice in the United States.


55 posted on 06/13/2020 10:11:12 AM PDT by stevem
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To: kevcol
Errrr....wait.....is this a parody?

Is there any sport blacker than professional basketball?

And is there any professional sport in America where you'll find more black fans in the stands than whites?

56 posted on 06/13/2020 10:11:14 AM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: CincyRichieRich
Nelson Muntz says:


57 posted on 06/13/2020 10:11:50 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Constitution guarantees the States protection against insurrection. Act now, Mr. President!)
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To: refreshed

If the players violate their contract, don’t pay them. Money always talks.


58 posted on 06/13/2020 10:12:05 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: kevcol

Ask me if I give a Schiff!!


59 posted on 06/13/2020 10:12:20 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

#CancelPopovich #CancelLeBron


60 posted on 06/13/2020 10:12:30 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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