Posted on 09/29/2022 7:53:29 AM PDT by rktman
The vaccine mandate imposed by New York City has turned out to be extremely costly for one of the NBA's best players, Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving.
He said Monday that he was given an ultimatum, get vaccinated with one of the experimental mRNA COVID-19 vaccines or forgo a contract extension worth more than $100 million.
If he chose to be unvaccinated, Irving said, he was told by management "there's a level of uncertainty of your future, whether you're going to be in this league, whether you're going to be on this team."
"It's not giving somebody an ultimatum to get a vaccine," he said. "That's a completely personal choice. I stand by Kyrie. I think if he wants, he's made that choice. That's his prerogative completely."
Irving has opted into the final year of his current contract, worth more than $36.5 million this season.
On Twitter last week, the NBA superstar spoke out against the continuation of mandates.
"If I can work and be unvaccinated, then all of my brothers and sisters who are also unvaccinated should be able to do the same, without being discriminated against, vilified, or fired," he wrote. "This enforced Vaccine/Pandemic is one the biggest violations of HUMAN RIGHTS in history."
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Kyrie is a kook. Not about his vax stance, but just in general. Not exactly a role model for anyone.
Hero. Because of his youth and high visibility, serves as an inspiration. Well done.
Me? I did the same, lost my job and much needed income, but I’m a nobody. I did learn a lot about the country that I thought I knew in the process.
He should run for Mayor. Finally, someone with some common sense.
Kyrie Irving is a few sandwiches short of a picnic, but he’s totally correct on this one.
Even a blind squirrel can find an occasional nut.
HE is correct.....The mandates were wrong.
“Not exactly a role model for anyone.”
...he took a stand on one of the most controversial subjects ever. I applaud him for it. This is EXACTLY the kind of role model kids need. Too many rule following sheep running around the US.
Seems like a class action lawsuit should be initiated for all the unvaccinated who lost or will lose jobs.
I never heard of the Brooklyn Nets. Are they a new team?
Well, looks like some of us are at the pinnacle. In case you missed the thank you letter, here it is. And we are aware of different strokes for different folks:
MESSAGE TO THE UNVACCINATED:
Even if I were pollinated and fully vaccinated, I would admire the unvaccinated for withstanding the greatest pressure I have ever seen, even from partners, parents, friends, colleagues and doctors. People who were capable of such personality, courage and critical ability are undoubtedly the best of humanity. They are everywhere, in all ages, levels of education, states and ideas. They are of a special kind. They are the soldiers that every army of light wants to have in its ranks. They are the parents that every child wants to have and the children that every parent dreams of having. They are beings above the average of their societies, they are the essence of the people who have built all cultures and conquered horizons. They are there, next to you, they look normal but they are superheroes. They did what others could not, they were the tree that withstood the hurricane of insults. discrimination and social exclusion. And they did it because they thought they were alone and believed they were the only ones. Banned from their families’ tables at Christmas, they never saw anything so cruel. They lost their jobs, let their careers sink, had no more money but they didn’t care. They suffered immeasurable discrimination, denunciation, betrayal and humiliation but they kept going. Never before in humanity has there been such a ‘casting’, now we know who are the best on planet Earth. Women, men, old, young, rich, poor, of all races or religions, the unvaccinated, the chosen of the Invisible ark, the only ones who managed to resist when everything collapsed.
That’s you. You passed an unimaginable test that many of the toughest Marines, Commandos, Green Berets, astronauts and geniuses could not withstand
You are made of the stuff of the greatest who ever lived, those heroes born among ordinary men who glow in the dark. Author unknown
We remain “NON GMO”. 🚫💉
Pretty disappointing result eh?
Moral courage to the tune of $100MM.
These guys are heroes against the largest medical crime in history.
No, they are old, they used to be the “New York Nets”, but I guess they are only for Brooklyn now.
Yup. Especially when you see youngsters shamed/coerced/guilted into offering an apology that didn’t need to be made(ref Gerogia Meloni). Too easily swayed by, dare I say it.....mis-information.:
Support for Italy’s Giorgia Meloni leads Nebraska punter to delete tweet, offer apology
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Brooklyn Nets
nba.com/nets
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Barclays Center. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City; the other is the New York Knicks. The club was established in 1967 as a charter franchise of the NBA’s rival league, the American Basketball Association. They played in New Jersey as the New Jersey Americans during their first season, before relocating to Long Island, New York, in 1968 and changing their name to the New York Nets. During this time, the Nets won two ABA championships. In 1976, the ABA merged with the NBA, and the Nets were absorbed into the NBA along with three other ABA teams, all of whom remain in the league to this day. In 1977, the team returned to New Jersey and played as the New Jersey Nets from 1977 to 2012.Wikipedia
Not sure since I don’t follow squeeky shoes.
John Stockton is being vindicated on a daily basis.
He really didn’t “pay” anything. He just didn’t get that contract extension, because with the various mandates and restrictions in place he’d be able to play in less than half the team’s games. He made his choice, the Nets made a perfectly valid business decision, Kyrie still gets phat cash, mandates are gone. Trying to paint it as some great sacrifice is silly.
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