NBA about to snatch All-star game away from Charlotte

Silver is a hypocrite and there must be more to this, though it could be good PR for himself.

 

Don't watch basketball but this was really nice.

 

This, China wouldn't get this treatment from Silver. It's about $$$$$

 

Let's all just pray that the superbowl hurries up and gets here. This is going to be the longest 198 days ever.

 

NBA moves 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte over HB2; 2019 return possible

 

Very smart move by the NBA.

 

Wgas about the all star game

 

Yes, you may have noticed that the new TV deal... oh wait a minute. Nope, looks pretty solid actually. Better than ever.

Also can't believe people are still saying the law was just about bathrooms. But that's best left to the D&D, I guess. The law covered more than that, and it's been detailed ad nauseum elsewhere, and that's why people are making business decisions in response to it. Not because they are stupid at business and stupid at reading laws. Sorry.

 

The NBA is a private business, and made a business decision based on what they believe to be in its best interest.

 

Not surprised this happened after Lin left them.

 

Yep, and for those talking about China, pls enlighten us what do you know about their discriminatory practices and human rights abuses?

I can read for myself, yes, so I'm rather asking for your take on it since you seem to have a problem with it, or with the Nba promoting itself there.

Going back to ivanyy's point, so if NBA needs to stop its China business, then NBA also needs to stop promoting itself in the United States because US cops shoot black ppl for no reason... happy?

 

GOOD!!!


https://www.propublica.org/article/why-north-carolinas-new-anti-lgbt-law-is-a-trojan-horse

These regressive states need to be ostracized and "not" receiving federal benefits for *anything* if they are going to be discriminating against so many groups of people and classes of citizens.

 

BS if you ask me. Why stop with the AS game, suspend all NBA games from being played in Charlotte, move the Hornets to Las Vegas until NC rescinds that law.

 

I agree with the concept of the NBA not tolerating backwards laws, but this really sucks for the city of Charlotte and it's fans. They're getting punished for something that happened at the state level.

Part of the reason we all love sports is that there are no politics involved. So while I strongly disagree with any law affecting gender equality, it is a shame that the NBA let a law that the City and ownership had no part of have such a negative impact on sports.

I'm just really torn on the issue. Also is Silver gay? Wouldn't be surprised if this is a really personal issue for him.

 

Somewhat OT: But isn't this the same North Carolina that has banned police body cams and car dash cams.


http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/north-carolina-bans-public-access-police-dash-cams

 

hahah, thanks, as usual, for letting us know how the less educated rationalize things like this.

Over in reality, where LGBT rights are actually a thing that people care about, and the NBA is overflowing with cash - the NBA is doing this because it has market power not because it lacks it. And it's using it for something good - to screw the bigots.

The NBA is fighting a battle it can actually win - HB2 isnt' going to last very long in NC and like civil rights and gay rights battles before it- one side is going to win, and another side is going to lose. HB2 is being brought down because businesses like the NBA are taking a stand against it.

The NBA meanwhile doesn't really have the same leverage agaisnt China to free Tibet - so it doesn't fight that battle.

So what? Mandela didn't free Tibet either -neither did Abraham Lincoln or Martin Luther King. What they did do is fight & win for people who were oppressed and made their lives better - that is what the NBA is helping to do here in a very small way.

 

Ah yes, the old "you support gay rights, so you must be a queer" line.

Embarrassed for you.

 

A private company is exercising it's first amendment rights. Whoopty-doo.

I'll point out, though, no fans were hurt in the making of this political stunt. Regular fans don't get to attend the All-Star Game. The tickets are mostly doled out to NBA people, celebrities, and people the NBA wants to court. Charlotte loses out, I suppose, on some convention dollars for local restaurants, hotels, and strip clubs.

 

Isn't every major business that hires lobbyists "mixing business and politics"?

It just chafes people when it hits one of their pet issues in a way that bothers them.

And I understand. If the NBA wanted to locate all-star games only where there was legalized discrimination, that would, for instance, annoy me, even if it was just to the betterment of their business. But I like to think I would still acknowledge their right to put the stupid game wherever they want it.