Posted on 06/04/2022 9:54:03 AM PDT by nickcarraway
NBA commissioner Adam Silver told reporters this week that China’s response to former Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey expressing his support for anti-government Hong Kong protesters in 2019 cost the league hundreds of millions of dollars.
Morey, who is now general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, tweeted in October 2019 an image that read, “Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.” Morey would later delete the tweet and explain that he did not intend to offend Rockets fans or his friends in China. Demonstrators were protesting against China’s control of Hong Kong at the time.
China first pulled games from CCTV shortly after Morey’s comments, but the NBA returned to Chinese televisions in March. Silver said the NBA lost “hundreds of millions” of dollars because of the 18-month blackout, but he also highlighted the league’s commitment to free speech for players, coaches and executives.
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Lie down with running dogs...
fantastic! keep losing money.
They’re crying over lost ‘blood money’ from a corrupt evil regime?
That pales in comparison to the millions of black slaves taken to China during the same time period.
I think this means $200 million roughly in newspeak. If it was 300 million or some higher number they would say that specifically to be more impressive.
Silver crying over the lost gold? You reap what you sow
Good
how can we help them achieve hundreds of billions in losses?
College Football is going down the tubes too.
“Adam Silver: NBA Lost ‘Hundreds of Millions’ of Dollars Due to China TV Blackout”
Don’t worry. A whole fleet of waaaaambulances are on the way to comfort all of those in distress.
So?
Gee, that is too bad. Bwahahahahaha
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