Nick McClure wrote: > Let me add a little to that. > >>From the NBAs view it may come down to a loss of revenue, if the only thing > the NBA cares about is revenue. I would think the NBA as an organization > cares about revenue, and the overall image of the sport and the > organization. > > Not only could it hurt nba income, but it could stain the NBA for future > generations. Young kids might be less likely to dream of Basketball after > they see how basketball players are allowed to act. > > The NBA has been criticized for a long time now because of the view that the > players are babies. The fact that NBA players couldn't even meddle in the > Olympics is just insane. > > The NBA is worried, and it sees people like Artest, who want to take a > vacation from Basketball to promote his new album, and crap like that as a > problem, and that problem should be dealt with. > > It isn't a moral issue, it is a corporate image issue. >
That I can fully understand. Sports is kinda funny that way. No one condones academic fraud, unless a football player is involved. Then you get some psychos that send death threats to professors that report it. So we aren't all in a fuss because Artest his someone. We are in a fuss because Ron Artest, the basketball player, hit a paying customer. It isn't that Artest did something bad. It's because he disgraced the game. This is sad. -- 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137563 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
