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LAKERS AND CLIPPERS VOTE TO SIT OUT REST OF NBA SEASON
Outkick ^ | 08/26/2020 | Ryan Glasspiegal

Posted on 08/26/2020 9:20:19 PM PDT by Kevin in California

The Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers have voted to sit out the NBA season in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to Chris Haynes and Shams Charania:


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To: Political Junkie Too

“NBA players, meet the Hollywood movie stars.” the circus isn’t really needed when bread is scarce. first thing to go.


41 posted on 08/26/2020 9:57:38 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( #wwg1wga #Godwins #150Kclub)
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To: Kevin in California

So... we know their contracts say they get paid anyway?


42 posted on 08/26/2020 10:00:51 PM PDT by mrsmith (`(US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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To: OrangeHoof
“...Intentionally killing the NBA now is going to resonate in a lot of corporate boardrooms. Social justice or not, the NBA may never recover from this.”

I'm old enough to remember when CBS tape-delayed the Finals until after the 10:00pm news because of ratings - imagine what happens after this.

43 posted on 08/26/2020 10:01:07 PM PDT by decal (I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
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To: MplsSteve

Obviously the otherNBA teams are racist


44 posted on 08/26/2020 10:02:23 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: Kevin in California

As most of their fans are already sitting out the season, why not.

CC


45 posted on 08/26/2020 10:09:02 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Kevin in California

Did they vote to give up their salaries?


46 posted on 08/26/2020 10:09:03 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Mocking Liberals is not only a right, but the duty of all Americans.)
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To: Kevin in California

This is just an excuse, the remaining players don’t want to be in this bubble anymore...

These dudes want to go to da booty clubs, be with the groupies, smoke weed in their mansions, etc


47 posted on 08/26/2020 10:09:52 PM PDT by sheehan (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
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To: Kevin in California

Haven’t the Clippers sat out just about every NBA season since moving from Buffalo to California?


48 posted on 08/26/2020 10:13:02 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Pop culture, media and public education: the dumbing down of America)
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To: Kevin in California

This is an excuse that their playoffs didn’t work and nobody is watching.


49 posted on 08/26/2020 10:14:24 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: OrangeHoof
LeBron has so much money, he could pay every Black adult in the U.S. $1000 each to better their lives but does he offer to do this? Of course not because he doesn’t think *he* should make that sacrifice.

I can’t stand LeBron. But he funded the remodeling of a huge bank here on Market Street in Akron and turned it into a very impressive looking “I Promise Academy” that serves inner city youths with behavioral problems. All kids meeting criteria get a full scholarship to U of Akron. The LeBron James Family Foundation also helped establish an urban STEM program at Zook Hall at U of Akron and is now called The LeBron James Family Foundation College of Education.

That said, good riddance to him and I hope he never plays another game.
50 posted on 08/26/2020 10:14:25 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: Kevin in California

Well, bye


51 posted on 08/26/2020 10:19:08 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Kevin in California

Good. No loss. Just shows the ignorance of many


52 posted on 08/26/2020 10:21:27 PM PDT by mulligan (an En bbnnEeThe tC)
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To: Kevin in California
Too funny!

Hopefully the NBA will go bankrupt and never recover.
53 posted on 08/26/2020 10:23:27 PM PDT by indthkr
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To: Kevin in California

Good plan! Take next season too.


54 posted on 08/26/2020 10:28:22 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: P-Marlowe

LMAO.....thank you P-Mar!


55 posted on 08/26/2020 10:38:22 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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To: ChildOfThe60s

“And do these idiots still collect a paycheck?”

They will for a while but eventually the money will run out. If it doesn’t go in, it doesn’t go out.


56 posted on 08/26/2020 10:47:36 PM PDT by Dennis M.
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To: Kevin in California

Mine’s been pegged at ZERO about professional sports my whole life.


57 posted on 08/26/2020 10:51:08 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: dandiegirl

I CARE, I CARE; now I won’t get to watch them kick any more baskets or throw any more home runs!
And I will really miss seeing them dribble for a touch down!

(snicker-snicker)


58 posted on 08/26/2020 10:57:14 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: dandiegirl

“Who cares!”

They treat the cardboard fans like they are disposable.

This feels kinda like being rudely dumped this morning by that flea-bitten hooker I apparently married in Vegas last night.

Thank you Saint JakeBlake!


59 posted on 08/26/2020 10:57:18 PM PDT by BuddhaBrown (Path to enlightenment: Four right turns, then go straight until you see the Light!)
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To: Kevin in California
I think that the players just killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. The NBA owners want to make money and gain attention along with being local heroes.

With no games there will be much lower future TV revenues. The networks may get burned this year, but that will not last for long. Without games there will be no stadium or arena ticket sales. Much less licensed team merchandising revenue. And for the players much less sports product endorsement revenues.

Right now a first year rookie makes a minimum salary of over $800,000 per year. That will probably not last for much longer.

Also since college BB is being postponed by major universities, and will probably overlap with football, the college feeder teams to the NBA will have financial problems as well.

I expect the entire professional basketball thing to plummet within the USA. However, the NBA has been courting China and other overseas countries, so I would expect to see many of the teams sold to new owners in other Countries.

Couldn't happen to a better group of pampered over-paid athletes.

60 posted on 08/26/2020 11:38:14 PM PDT by Robert357
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