NBA reeling: social justice messages to be removed

mmmmmmmm wrote:

Head scratcher wrote:

Good for you, mmmmm. I'm so glad multi-millionaires can donate to worthy causes.

Now, I gave you a list of Trump's giving.

Oh, and as for Lebron... he supported war-monger Hillary, and shuns anti-war President Donald Trump. Good job, Lebron!

So, you were wrong.

These basketball players have personally donated more than Trump.

they are not personally donating. they have charity organizations that donate. big difference form personal money.

Drumroll wrote:

Yeah opposing racism is so evil.

Meanwhile the closet racists won't acknowledge that other sports are doing badly as well

https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/stanley-cup-final-tv-ratings-nbc-tampa-bay-lightning-dallas-stars

The NHL had a season?

Drumroll wrote:

Yeah opposing racism is so evil.

Meanwhile the closet racists won't acknowledge that other sports are doing badly as well

https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/stanley-cup-final-tv-ratings-nbc-tampa-bay-lightning-dallas-stars

What if the anti-racists were in fact the racists?

Star wrote:

If they were really reeling they’d remove them tonight.

But they’re not, so things must be fine.

This is more like when a team doesn’t wear a black arm band forever when someone dies.

To be fair, if they removed them tonight, the NBA wouldn't play another minute. Lebron and company wouldn't show up to the next game. It's already happened this season (during the playoffs, too). This would be disastrous for business.

That being said, don't pretend the SJ messages didn't affect the NBA's bottom line. Viewership for the finals is down by half on a per-game average from last year. That's enormous, especially considering last year's numbers didn't include Canadian households that tuned in (You know, to watch the Raptors).

Drumroll wrote:

Meanwhile the closet racists won't acknowledge that other sports are doing badly as well

https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/stanley-cup-final-tv-ratings-nbc-tampa-bay-lightning-dallas-stars

It's almost like every sports league has been pushing SJ messages since their resumption.

The boycotts are real. I haven't stopped watching, but I know tons of people who have.

Drumroll wrote:

Yeah opposing racism is so evil.

This is what's wrong with public dialogue right now.

You paint everyone unlike you with this broad brush, making massive assumptions about what people do and don't believe, which then allows you to make claims about the content of their character.

In the real world, people can be anti-racists, but refuse to accept the popular narrative. You can agree that 'black lives matter' (and take steps to protect them) without pretending that means you support a marxist, anti-family organization. On the flipside, you can claim to support BLM, but not actually do anything to help black lives.

The majority of people who have boycotted these sports are good people who condemn racism, but don't support BLM. There's nothing wrong with that.

high school xc coach wrote:

mmmmmmmm wrote:

So, you were wrong.

These basketball players have personally donated more than Trump.

they are not personally donating. they have charity organizations that donate. big difference form personal money.

Uhhhh...no. Apparently you didn't even read the links and just made an assumption.

Actually, you have it reversed....much more of Trump's 'donations' fall under this category...charity golf tounaments etc....with a very dubious track record on the spending and use of that money and a lot of side revenue coming in for him as well.

these basketball players all clearly seem to paying more directly out of pocket than Trump ever has....

Lets double check that:

Mutombo: it directly says he donated $15 million himself

Jordan:

Donated 7 million to two hospitals in his local area,

Donated 2 million to Hurricane relief,

Donated 1 million in salary to 9/11 relief,

Donated 5 million as a founding donor of the national black history museum

Donated 1 Million to both NAACP and toward community policing

donated 2 Million dollars to Friends of the Children,

and the company of which he is part owner of donated $100 million toward racial equality

LeBron:

donated 2.5 million to Boys and Girls club

donated 1.25 million for the Muhammed Ali exhibit at Smithsonian

41 million pledged by the LeBron James Foundation toward scholarships and

2 million a year toward running the I Promise school.

Quibble if you want about that school money coming from the foundation.....the foundation has %100 rating where I checked and the number of fundraisers done that year: 0

so a significant amount seems to be coming out of pocket....

Trump foundation? it's rating? his foundations were either suspended or had blatant "Code Red" indicators on them warning donors of suspicious activities on record so be forewarned before donating....lol...what s flaming dumpster pile of a person

So there you have it.....three hoopers CLEARLY outdoing Trump on the donation front....

short story:

Lebron donates and helps raise more than $40 million to put kids through college for free....

Trump fined $25 million for defrauding students........

Drumroll wrote:

Yeah opposing racism is so evil.

Meanwhile the closet racists won't acknowledge that other sports are doing badly as well

https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/stanley-cup-final-tv-ratings-nbc-tampa-bay-lightning-dallas-stars

Yep, almost everything is down. The US Open ratings were down almost 50% from last year. The MLB playoff ratings are down. NFL is down.

Even aside from sports the 2020 DNC TV ratings were way down from 2016 and the RNC Convention ratings this year were even lower than the DNC's.

The first Presidential debate this year was down 13% from the first debate in 2016.

mmmmmmmm wrote:

short story:

Lebron donates and helps raise more than $40 million to put kids through college for free....

Trump fined $25 million for defrauding students........

Meanwhile, DJT is saving the world.

JO Coach wrote:

Drumroll wrote:

Yeah opposing racism is so evil.

Meanwhile the closet racists won't acknowledge that other sports are doing badly as well

https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/stanley-cup-final-tv-ratings-nbc-tampa-bay-lightning-dallas-stars

Yep, almost everything is down. The US Open ratings were down almost 50% from last year. The MLB playoff ratings are down. NFL is down.

Even aside from sports the 2020 DNC TV ratings were way down from 2016 and the RNC Convention ratings this year were even lower than the DNC's.

The first Presidential debate this year was down 13% from the first debate in 2016.

Do the "ratings" consider all types of media? Those watching TV has been reduced and likely considerably since 2016 but that doesn't mean those same people aren't watching in other ways.