National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts and NBA commissioner Adam Silver released a joint statement on Friday afternoon, following meetings on Thursday between players from the 13 teams still playing in Orlando and team governors.
They will create advertising spots focused on promoting voter access and greater civic engagement. Already on Friday, they posted social media ads honouring the pursuit of equality, racial justice and civil rights, on the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech. Many other NBA teams who practised early Friday also declined to speak, including the Milwaukee Bucks, who sparked the widespread boycott on Wednesday when they refused to play Game 5 of their first-round playoff series with the Orlando Magic.
Nobody cares...
Were it not for Covid, and the absence of fans in the seats, the players would never have pulled a stunt like this. And it was a stunt, no matter how much of a good cause it is (to which the answer is: partially)
no one reads the glob and fail
How about we boycott them and let them live like other people in society. People that work for little pay and wouldn’t have time or the money to not work to support criminals and sexual predators.
WOW, that was quick, what about justice? If they can’t stand till the end, what’s the point to start this half ass action?
Once they were told it would cost them money to posture and strut they backed down ....
Zzzzzz...
Playing is consent.
Who is watching? And who cares?
Wish we could restart immigration's process. ircc is stoped for more than 5 months now. All families are waiting for their lovely ones. Please Marco Mendicino take action! prioritizefamilysponsorship
Shit I was hoping they would never play again
Jacob Blake’s ex-girlfriend, silenced by media, athletics and other race-baiters. Read her complaint and learn about the outstanding warrant that resulted in Blake resisting arrest & being shot, 7 times in the back.
Who cares anymore
Money over Virtue Signals Too Bad Fan Base is Gone Death kneel to Sports
So we're supposed to jump because they decide to jump. No thank you
Black Lives Matter is a domestic terror organization.
DONALD TRUMP is the devil. Don't vote for him.