Insanity Rules: NBA to Allow Players to Replace
Name on Jersey With ‘Social Justice Statement’
RedState,
by
Mike Miller
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
6/29/2020 7:30:34 PM
No, this is not a satire piece from The Onion or The Babylon Bee. That’s actually a legit headline, up there. Shocked? Me neither.
The NBA has announced that when the league begins its shortened 2020 season in Orlando on July 30, players will have the option to replace their name on their jersey with a “social justice” statement.
The league and the National Basketball Players Association had been in discussions to allow players to wear social justice messages on their jerseys, according to a report by ESPN on Saturday night.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Nashman 6/29/2020 7:35:57 PM (No. 461269)
Yeah!! That'll bring the average fan back.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
aasilver 6/29/2020 7:37:49 PM (No. 461274)
At the rate that the owners of NFL and NBA teams are bowing down to their majority Black employees, they should expect that their spectator audience will soon be all Black.
Sportsthat are dominated by multi millionaire Black athletes should count their blessings not their grievances.
16 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Folsomguy 6/29/2020 7:37:53 PM (No. 461275)
I feel silly asking but What's an nba?
9 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
john56 6/29/2020 7:39:53 PM (No. 461277)
"Nobody's watching "
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 6/29/2020 7:40:12 PM (No. 461279)
Goodbye NBA. It was nice to know 'ya.
10 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 6/29/2020 7:41:48 PM (No. 461281)
NBA = No Basketball Anymore
21 people like this.
FTNBA....
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
chase9365 6/29/2020 7:51:32 PM (No. 461287)
Oh goody! Another reason to not watch.
7 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Agent Orange 6/29/2020 7:52:11 PM (No. 461289)
A sure way to end their influence in our once Great Country. LeBron is a stupid fool if he thinks we care. As stated in other posts, a seal can do what you do. GFY
MSgt USAF (ret)
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
chase9365 6/29/2020 7:52:33 PM (No. 461290)
#6, I want to like you again. there did it!
4 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 6/29/2020 7:53:59 PM (No. 461291)
Sadly, I will not see a one
3 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
mizzmac 6/29/2020 7:56:48 PM (No. 461293)
FTA: "...a number of players have been “concerned” about resuming a game for which they’re paid millions of dollars becoming a distraction from the business at a hand: the “social justice movement.” If they're that concerned, maybe they could just donate the millions of dollars they are paid for playing the game to less well compensated social justice warriors? Oh, never mind. Much easier to virtue signal in self-righteousness. The NBA is on its way to idiocy and irrelevance, along with the NFL, NASCAR, etc.
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The last time I watched an NBA game was to see Pistol Peter Marovich play good last game in Denver...
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 6/29/2020 8:08:50 PM (No. 461303)
Looks like I will not be watching. Look how many fans blew off the NFL over Kaperpicklehead's taking a knee during the national anthem. That was nothing compared to the fan blowback if this bee-ess goes ahead.
NBA = Nothing But A-holes.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 6/29/2020 8:13:01 PM (No. 461308)
Nothing will ever top "He Hate Me."
7 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
EQKimball 6/29/2020 8:38:04 PM (No. 461331)
Ten years ago Los Angeles Laker Ron Artest renamed himself "Metta World Peace." I expect some NBA friend of Colin Kaepernick will put "Take a Knee" on the back of his jersey.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
hershey 6/29/2020 8:39:37 PM (No. 461335)
Stupid is as stupid does...NFL, MLB, NBA....freaking idiots all...
11 people like this.
Well, I could add NBA to my personal boycott list..... but I never watch NBA basketball games. I mean NEVER.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
NYbob 6/29/2020 8:45:04 PM (No. 461339)
Kids have no idea what they missed. The camera work is maybe better. Certainly the video is better, but seeing Dr. J at work or watching the Celtics move the ball the length of the court without a dribble as a team, are things the shuffling feet players of today could not do. Also watching Wilt in the lane against Russell was a game within a game. Today's ball hogs are less interesting than pickup games at a park.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 6/29/2020 8:50:07 PM (No. 461342)
Sports are unbelievably corrupt at every level. I will never watch the drugged-up serial molesters and woman-beaters of the NBA.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
seamusm 6/29/2020 8:57:26 PM (No. 461348)
But HOW will the players pay for all those out-of-wedlock babies?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
padiva 6/29/2020 9:13:06 PM (No. 461360)
The possibilities are endless:
I want to be your baby's daddy (meet me at half-time)
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
PESSIMIST 6/29/2020 9:15:33 PM (No. 461362)
Time for spelling lessons.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
sw penn 6/29/2020 9:45:21 PM (No. 461373)
Can't wait to see all the MAGA jerseys...
Yeh, yeh.
I know...
Sorry about the whole nose, milk thing...
6 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
MickTurn 6/29/2020 10:43:56 PM (No. 461408)
Not that I need a reason to NOT watch the National Buffoons Association, this is Ova Da Topp...spelled so they will understand it!
4 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
JimBob 6/29/2020 11:27:25 PM (No. 461433)
Parts of the Left are always demanding Racial Quotas on this and that, usually admissions to certain universities.
I demand Racial Quotas on the NBA.
The racial makeup of the 'teams' is WAY different from the overall makeup of the USA, so Racist Hiring Practices are Obviously in Use.
Make 'em PAY!
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Califedup 6/29/2020 11:32:55 PM (No. 461435)
Not only are these spoiled black multi-millionaire players and white mega rich owners killing the NBA golden goose that laid the golden eggs but they are gutting it and trampling on it's entrails. Do these fools actually think they are not alienating and infuriating at least half of their paying customers who are paying them their millions, and do they not realize that they are also destroying any chance that future black youngsters will have of attaining the same chance at wealth and opportunity they themselves had by promoting this anti-American, Racist, Marxist garbage? Ignorant, narcissistic, racist, unpatriotic, and colossally stupid fools. Talk about digging your own grave!
May every single one of them fall back into the democrat communist plantation hell holes they escaped from. Ungrateful Jackasses.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
SALady 6/30/2020 1:05:11 AM (No. 461460)
I haven't watched the NBA in years.
But I would buy a ticket to go to a game where a player wore an "Abortion is Murder" or "Marriage is One Man and One Woman" on their jersey just to hear the lie-beral snowflakes melting down!!!
Hey, those are social justice statements!!!
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
DVC 6/30/2020 2:16:43 AM (No. 461470)
I have no idea what portion of their audience has been white people, but I think most of that part will be dropping out, no longer watching.
2 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
Rather Read 6/30/2020 3:26:44 AM (No. 461498)
Remember the XFL? He Hate Me
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Strike3 6/30/2020 4:28:50 AM (No. 461508)
I hope they can still make millions of dollars with their new all-black fan base. Pro ball players will soon be eligible for food stamps.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 6/30/2020 6:59:29 AM (No. 461551)
"Professional sports" can't crash and burn quickly enough.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 6/30/2020 9:37:49 AM (No. 461698)
Oh No, Not That!!! Don't care, haven't watched an NBA game for 15 years! When three or four steps are allowed without calling traveling...it ain't Basketball! It's a sales game for all the rubes willing to shell out $500.00 for some idiots sneakers! Not cool!
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Laotzu 6/30/2020 9:47:24 AM (No. 461713)
I can very easily see a group of sports that no longer make money from ticket sales or populist viewership, but from corporate payoffs to keep the Marxists from calling them racist. So, while they should whither up and die from lack of attention, they will continue as the cultural center of overpaid, dysfunctional minorities, and you will pay for it in every consumer good you buy.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Smart11344 6/30/2020 12:55:59 PM (No. 461927)
The crime rate dropped in Seattle when our BB team left. The Seattle Not So Supersonics.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 6/30/2020 5:51:36 PM (No. 462266)
#34 is spot on. Those three or four steps allowed have always been a peeve of mine. The refs used to call us for walking if we even so much as palmed the ball while dribbling. That and NBA games now taking 30 minutes to play the final 3. The last game I watched in person was the Hawks against the Celtics, Dominique Wilkins vs Larry Byrd. Someone gave me courtside tickets. Great game but that was the last. I haven't watched an NBA game since then. I didn't quit for political reasons. I just lost interest as the game degenerated. This move will just eliminate most of their remaining white audience.
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I actually haven't watched a pro-bball game since Michael Jordan won another Championship with the Bulls. This new crap doesn't entice me at all to tune in again anytime soon!!