Posted on 06/04/2022 9:54:03 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Major respect for Tom. But wait a minute. Did they got rid of the Taiwan flag for the Chinese market? They may do that in order to recieve approval from the Chinese censors.
China waited until Biden was in office...then waited until Biden made the ‘Taiwan’ gaffe... I mean Biden and Hunter were paid off, right?
NBA = National Beijing Appeasers
If the NBA goes out of business the government could replace it with live cams in prison yards. A very cheap “bread and circuses” alternative.
Every watched a video basketball game at 4x speed? A mob runs back and forth. :-/
It makes you wonder why anyone watches at all.
But never cared for playing- or watching- it anyway.
Whatever hurts the NBA is good for America.
MJ, Bird and Magic - And I think each one has said that representing the US on the Dream Team was right up there with them winning championships.
What a piece of filth.
“NBA should pull out from China and stop airing games there. After all, they support BLM. Chinese lives matter. Uyghur lives matter.”
I would rather they die an ugly grasping death... the organization not the players.
As a “teachable” moment.
I don’t think there is a special Chinese edition of Top Gun. Would defeat the whole point of putting the flag. Article below says there will likely never be a China release.
https://news.yahoo.com/top-gun-maverick-risks-chinas-043812590.html
I can only imagine the arguments Tom must have had with studio bigwigs. Them pushing Tom to get rid of the flag and Tom holding firm. I expect more movies will follow.
The NBA lost hundreds of millions of dollars? I don’t know whether to rejoice or say WGAF.
That was blood money the NBA never should have tried to earn.
Dribble around the perimeter, shoot the three. No one on offense boxes out, the defense gets the rebound, goes down the court and repeats the process. The best 3-shooting team wins (see the Celtics fourth quarter Thursday. No I did not watch it). Should just turn the games into 3-point shooting contests.
If true, wow. Major, major respect for Tom. I'll have to patronize his movies. Tom Cruise is a brand in itself so he has "F U" money. He can afford to not have to appease to the Chinese market. It's a rare luxury most people do not have in the business.
Daryl Morley had the guts to speak out against the CCP. Silver OTOH.... a money-grubbing whore. That’s his job.
“Good...take the NFL and MLB with you.”
Collegiate athletics, factory leagues... those days are sadly gone. Perhaps local sports will have a resurgence.
A National Flag Football League (NFFL) would be cool.
NBA..... hahahaha F#@k you.... I would look at cricket, curling or luge before I turned the tv off..instead of looking at NBA, MLB ...
Lost ‘Hundreds of Millions’ of Dollars
Easy come easy go huh Moe.
Where’s the tiny violin ,LOL
Did the NBA figure out that the Chinese Communist Party is the biggest scammer in the world
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