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Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve... by Rebelgecko on Monday October 21, 2019 @02:01PM (#21315271)
Honestly I think the NBA bungled their immediate response in the hours right after the tweet but has done a good job making up for it. China put direct pressure on the NBA commissioner to fire Morey, but he's refused to punish him at all, even though it will certainly hurt the NBA's bottom line.

Supposedly teams are planning on figuring out how to handle a highly reduced salary cap next year, potentially on the order of 10% less due to lost China revenue

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Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve... by paulddraper on Monday October 21, 2019 @03:51PM (#21316493)
Most people disagree with NBA assuming that players/coaches are explicitly or tactility not allowed by the NBA to support Hong Kong. (Which is why none have, outside the Rockets, manager.)

IDK if that is correct or not though.

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Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve... by jimbob45 on Monday October 21, 2019 @02:43PM (#21315758)
I would heavily dispute your claim that their refusal to fire has hurt their bottom line. They had two options: fire or don't fire. In both cases, they were going to lose customers for their choice. I would assert that this choice lost them fewer customers than the other choice.
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Re:Blizzard Postpones World of Warcraft 15th Anniversary Eve... by Rebelgecko on Monday October 21, 2019 @03:46PM (#21316441)
Firing, sure. But they could have also condemned the comments without firing him which would've helped the Chinese revenues while having less of an impact elsewhere than firing him would have.
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