I wrote on this subject most recently Blasting America's flaws is not only fair game within the NBA; it's encouraged by the league.
ESPN writes that its investigation "sheds new light on the lucrative NBA-China relationship and the costs of doing business with a government that suppresses free expression and is accused of cultural genocide." China's state-run CCTV dropped NBA games soon thereafter.
It does not plan to carry games when the NBA season resumes, as the league's relationship with … Industry sources estimated viewership of NBA programming in the U.S. was around 15-20 million last season -- well short of not just China, but perhaps even several other countries.
Beijing reacted to Morey’s tweet by canceling broadcasts of NBA games in the crucial overseas market.
"The facilities gave the NBA access to existing [state-owned] infrastructure and elite players, " The NBA is engaged in lucrative for profit activity with a country committing genocide against people whose ethnicity and religion the state disapproves of.Since ESPN's NBA/China bombshell dropped, Steve Kerr has retweeted criticisms of Trump & Susan Collins. CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer had a lengthy interview with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver but ignored the basketball league's controversial ties to China. "However, the league limited statements to an approved list, which excluded any commentary regarding China. All games will be held at the Walt Disney World Resort.Television viewing down across the board in August, but league struggled for eyeballs prior to hiatus.League following trend of less television viewership in August for all of broadcast networks.Players continue to determine fate of playoffs on Disney campus following boycotts.Union to meet again to determine whether or not to carry on with playoffs and resume season in Orlando.Boston's postseason roll keeps moving forward in blowout victory over defending champions.LA wins four straight to get past Portland, advance to the second round for the first time in eight years.Lakers star decided to reach out to former president following players meeting that had some intense moments.Dallas big man could end up having surgery, or playing again, if teammates find a way to get past Clippers.Brooklyn reportedly to ask stars, key veterans for their opinion on who should be the next person on sideline.Toronto guard likely to be a go for defending champions in first game of Eastern Conference semifinals. The NBA last month faced scathing criticism from Republicans after an ESPN report that young participants in a league program in China were physically beaten by … The NBA did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. "As the NBA readies for its restart to the season at the end of July, the league is allowing players to showcase social justice messages on their playing jerseys, such as, 'Equality,' 'Black Lives Matter,' 'Vote' and 'I Can’t Breathe,'" Marchand wrote. It's not because they Explicitly acknowledging such atrocities could jeopardize more money, alas. NBA teams have played in front of Chinese fans in 13 of the past 14 years, with LeBron James - unquestionably the biggest name still active in the league - …
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Long before an October tweet in support of Hong Kong protesters spotlighted the NBA's complicated relationship with China, the league faced complaints from its own employees over human rights concerns inside an NBA youth-development program in that country, an ESPN investigation has found.
One former league employee who worked in China wondered how the NBA, which has been so progressive on issues around Black Lives Matter and moved the 2017 All-Star Game out of … It does not plan to carry games when the NBA season resumes, as the league's relationship with the communist nation remains rocky.That relationship has constantly come under fire, particularly from American conservatives, and is back in the news after an angry email from ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski to U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley. Regular readers are well aware of my abiding disgust over the National Basketball Association's performative faux wokeness. "F*** you," Wojnarowski responded to a Hawley press release that accused the NBA of "kowtowing to Beijing.
And it sounds like the league did everything it could to The article details how the "students" were crammed into tiny dormitories at night, and left unsupervised and uneducated for long periods of time, despite the NBA's claim that education was a cornerstone of the program.
The policy has been: Speak out ostentatiously at home. China’s foreign ministry spokesman told a daily news briefing he did not believe the … NBA commissioner Adam Silver praised China's announcement as a "slam dunk for human rights" and applauded President Xi Jinping for "not dropping the …