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Im sure they will demand to be paid for games they are voluntarily boycotting...
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Coin Sniper |
Let I get this straight. A group of African American athletes, who get paid millions of dollars a season for playing a game, ten fold more than the average professional, and a hundred times more than hourly workers... Many of who used athletic talent and drive to achieve the highest level in their profession.... Who use their money for huge homes, expensive cars, planes, trips, an entourage, and efforts that make them more money (Leaving out hookers and drugs)... The idols of many, showing you CAN make it... Are boycotting over racial injustice???? You can't make this up! Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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The guy behind the guy |
The only thing that HAS to stop is people acting like assholes who resist arrest and get shot being treated like victims of anything but their own stupidity. | |||
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Seems Blacks make up ~15% of the US population, but ~70% of NBA and NFL players. How does racial justice and equality fit here? "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Blacks also make up 45% (nor more--see note below) of the NBA viewership. So what exactly do these players think they're accomplishing? Isn't this a bit like blacks destroying their own neighborhoods in protest over some-or-another perceived slight? Note: The source for the 45% number is 23 Terrific NBA Fan Demographics. Being as that was published five years ago, it's a pretty good bet that 45% number is low today. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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The only time I've seen any NBA games this year is Sunday when we went out for a family lunch, they had it on one of the large tv over the bar area. If folks started not going to eat/drink in places that show NBA games, the numbers of viewers would drop to near zero.. My neighbor an I watched lots of NBA games for a while, his son plays overseas, and even he's turned the NBA off... | |||
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I'll use the Red Key |
I fully support this boycott by the NBA and any others such as the NFL, MLB and college teams. I will do my part for them, and help to stick it to the man, by not purchasing any products of the team and league advertisers. If successful the players may get the leagues to shutdown and fold, that will really show them. Donald Trump is not a politician, he is a leader, politicians are a dime a dozen, leaders are priceless. | |||
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Never been a big sports fan so I am ok if they boycott themselves out a job. Would rather do yard work or spend time with the family. With all the money these folks earn it amazes me that most don't do anything good with the money other than buy expensive items for themselves. Very few invest back into the community to make it a better place. In war, truth is the first casualty. Aeschylus Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC - 456 BC) | |||
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| Husband, Father, Aggie, all around good guy!  |
Ill see their one game boycott and raise them the rest of my caring life. Stop resisting arrest, that only needs to stop! Cue the Chris Rock video, "everyone knows if the police have to come get you they are bringing an ass kickin with them!" | |||
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They start playing once they're informed they're in breach of contract and will have to repay their bonuses etc... Hedley Lamarr: Wait, wait, wait. I'm unarmed. Bart: Alright, we'll settle this like men, with our fists. Hedley Lamarr: Sorry, I just remembered . . . I am armed. | |||
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Already ended the boycott, my guess is the NBAPU reminded them that their income is derived from TV contract revenue, no play no pay... | |||
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. I guess their anti racism Ferver ends with what’s in their wallets. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Someone drew them a picture, I suppose, because these illiterate fuckers did not figure it out for themselves. | |||
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Yeah, that's hilarious if it's the real reason. They probably really believed they would continue to get paid for the rest of the season even if they didn't play. That's just how extra special they think they are compared to the rest of us. ---------------------------------- "These things you say we will have, we already have." "That's true. I ain't promising you nothing extra." | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
They would have to be able to READ their contract to figure this out. All these jeenyuses went through kollaj with a 4.0 GPA (they all had tooters) and they figure it was that sistimic raysisum that kept them from gettin' 15 or 20 of them GPAs. And why they just got a Koach in bassetball when they should have a Looey Vee-ton?? | |||
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Irksome Whirling Dervish |
And the one day boycott of themselves is over. What a horrid stunt that undoubtedly didn't send the message they thought would resonate. Complete fail. | |||
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Lighten up and laugh |
Well, screw the NHL now. They are postponing games tonight. | |||
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Now Serving 7.62 |
I quit watching basketball since Larry Byrd left so I couldn’t give less of a fugg if they played bouncy. I’ve quit watching “Professional” football when they started getting on their knees. Only sports I watch anymore are college football, MLB (not if it’s on ESPN), racing, and sumo wrestling. | |||
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Stangosaurus Rex |
If Bubba Wallace cares so much about BLM, he should follow suite and boycott the Daytona race this weekend! ___________________________ "I Get It Now" Beth Greene | |||
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