Whether he resigns or not, the damage is, (IMHO), not repairable. What Morey's tweet uncovered is that: (1) NBA players and staff are free to tweet & say what they want, while (2) China cannot stand for that when it comes to certain "third rail" issues. Morey resigning changes neither of those two things. I don't see how the NBA could move forward with an order that all employees avoid any statement on Taiwan, HK, or human rights in China. Impossible.
I noticed the same thing. Chinese national media is criticizing the overreaction subtly but I don't think that was because of how Americans are anti-china. Chinese government is (and should be) worrying about the power of their internet mobs are having... their overreacting can reach and dictate the companies and even national organizations so quickly and blindly... Imagine one day, the mobs see something unfair happening in China and act out ..... freedom of speech of Chinese fans is no good. I think the whole thing will be settled soon.
I think that poster means that they're going to go ahead and awkwardly limp through the two exhibitions as scheduled pre-tweet. The players are already there, etc. Tsai, etc. But I see no path beyond that, as stated in my last post.
Morey is protected for a while... Tillman doesn't want to be dragged in front of a Senate Intel Committee
If he resigns, there is nothing to answer for......it allows Morey to save face with the Chinese market - and come back a new man later....and the fans who are bothered over there can get their NBA and feel that their love of country has been respected. Not the way we would do it, but if we are taking global monies, we have to play the global game....the other answer is we walk from 15% of revenue - which is a big ask of NBA teams and owners. It could also be that China doesn't want to pay for the NBA anymore and will simply steal the games and broadcast them without paying anyway. DD
It's $3b for 5yrs. Did they pay that all upfront? I'm trying to track revenue loss, so if we already banked it, then I should probably adjust the numbers.
I considered this, too, @DaDakota. It would have made more sense early on, when only Daryl was online being the "American dissident." Now that other entities (in particular, Silver speaking for the league itself) are on record as saying that his right to speak freely is more important than the Chinese government's right to never be questioned, his resignation might now be enough to mend the fences. Add in all the politicians on both sides of the aisle angling to use this issue for political gain and I can't imagine this actually happening.
If he feels like resigning, I'd think it's better for him to just take like a "sabbatical" and come back to GM the team after a year or so. I'm hoping he doesn't resign or take a sabbatical or even leave at all, though
I hope he doesn't there is no guilt just common sense, in business, an employee costs you millions in PERSONAL income - you don't keep that employee around. DD
Fair argument to make. The blanket statement that businessmen care only about money over morals/values doesn't always hold, though.
I really don't like this phrasing being repeated, Morey didn't cost his boss money. Stop blaming the irrational actions of the Chinese on him.
freedom of speech is a big thing in USA and assume NBA never put a limit on this basic right......my question is: How many NBA players and their assistants, relatives, team officials and employees, referees, agents or even NBA sponsors have made statements on Taiwan, HK, or human rights in China? Obviously Morey is the one with one deleted tweet total in a decade........ Is that the only one in the trade war under the most official hatred toward China by Whitehouse........ I wonder why? If anything, China should reward NBA with bigger $$$.
