NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels game broadcasts

Re:NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels ga... by oarabbus_ on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @07:20PM (#21198360)

What do you mean? Adam Silver wrote a statement supporting Morey's right to free speech, and then doubled down on it after receiving flak for his free speech support.

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Re:NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels ga... by fooblitzky on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @07:46PM (#21198514)

I think the point was the NBA needs to take a stance on HK itself, in support of democracy.

"We support free speech" is a cop-out, because China is happy for you to support free speech, as long as you don't say anything they don't like. It would be a stronger stance to say, "Actually, we think Morey was right", especially if it's going to cost them money to do so.

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Re:NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels ga... by oarabbus_ on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @08:17PM (#21198685)

> Adam Silver has released statement on league’s relationship status with China, reading in part: “The NBA will not put itself in a position of regulating what players, employees and team owners say or will not say on these issues. We simply could not operate that way.”

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1181497808563658752

Really I don't know what more you're expecting. This is a strong stance.

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Re:NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels ga... by kelnos on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @02:16AM (#21200548)

I don't think the NBA needs to take a stance on HK. It literally has nothing to do with them. I think it would be pretty cool if they did come out publicly in support of the protesters, but I don't think they have any kind of moral or business imperative to do so.

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