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RAB910

(3,494 posts) Sat Nov 20, 2021, 03:35 PM Nov 2021

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The NBA speaks out on the Rittenhouse miscarriage of justice

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The NBA speaks out on the Rittenhouse miscarriage of justice (Original Post) RAB910 Nov 2021 OP

Excellent! 👏👏👏👏 SheltieLover Nov 2021 #1

👍 Joinfortmill Nov 2021 #2

The NBA Casady1 Nov 2021 #3

The same NBA.... phandancer917 Nov 2021 #4

I don't trust them manicdem Nov 2021 #7

exactly, there's no moral component to this with the leagues cadoman Nov 2021 #8

I don't follow pro basketball. LastDemocratInSC Nov 2021 #11

they view it as their next big market and go out of their way to accommodate the CCP cadoman Nov 2021 #12

Thank you for clarifying. LastDemocratInSC Nov 2021 #13

Thank you NBA! Others?? Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #5

Might not hurt at this time to remind ourselves Rural_Progressive Nov 2021 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2021 #14

Very good Wild blueberry Nov 2021 #9

I agree rockfordfile Nov 2021 #10

Well, as long as the NBA opposes vigilantism I guess that it's okay they support genocide? pecosbob Nov 2021 #15

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

1. Excellent! 👏👏👏👏

Reply to RAB910 (Original post)

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 03:37 PM

Nov 2021

Joinfortmill

(14,404 posts)

2. 👍

Reply to RAB910 (Original post)

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 03:37 PM

Nov 2021

Casady1

(2,133 posts)

3. The NBA

Reply to RAB910 (Original post)

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 04:43 PM

Nov 2021

is the best. Crickets from the MLB and the NFL as usual.

phandancer917

(145 posts)

4. The same NBA....

Reply to Casady1 (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 04:49 PM

Nov 2021

.....that ignores human rights violations and geneflects to China in order to make money?

Good for them on this statement....but they are not without blind spots

manicdem

(388 posts)

7. I don't trust them

Reply to phandancer917 (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 05:49 PM

Nov 2021

NBA just goes to the side with the money like China.

cadoman

(792 posts)

8. exactly, there's no moral component to this with the leagues

Reply to phandancer917 (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 05:49 PM

Nov 2021

They run the internal demographic polling and correlate it with the revenue demographics and go from there.

NBA determined that portraying the verdict as an endorsement of vigilantism rather than self defense yielded the most profit. NFL and NBA determined that ignoring it entirely was best for their profits.

NBA also determined that going along with the wishes of the Chinese government is good for their future profit there.

LastDemocratInSC

(3,647 posts)

11. I don't follow pro basketball.

Reply to cadoman (Reply #8)

Sun Nov 21, 2021, 01:40 AM

Nov 2021

What's the linkage between the NBA and China?

cadoman

(792 posts)

12. they view it as their next big market and go out of their way to accommodate the CCP

Reply to LastDemocratInSC (Reply #11)

Sun Nov 21, 2021, 04:57 AM

Nov 2021

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_in_China

LastDemocratInSC

(3,647 posts)

13. Thank you for clarifying.

Reply to cadoman (Reply #12)

Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:13 AM

Nov 2021

After posting the message last night I started thinking about what the NBA does - primarily advocating for and promoting basketball - and came to the same conclusion.

Evolve Dammit

(16,719 posts)

5. Thank you NBA! Others??

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Sat Nov 20, 2021, 05:30 PM

Nov 2021

Rural_Progressive

(1,105 posts)

6. Might not hurt at this time to remind ourselves

Reply to RAB910 (Original post)

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 05:40 PM

Nov 2021

that institutions are simply frameworks. The messages that come out of those frameworks are coming from the actual people who currently hold a position in the institutions. Sometimes sane people are controlling the message, sometimes less than sane people, but always it's people.

Institutions don't actually text, tweet, message, release statements, or appear on talk shows.