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  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 38,566 Standard Supporter
    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Sledog said:

    Work isn't about politics. You have no right to spout your political BS publicly at work! Owners should shut all this shit down! They are there to play the game for our entertainment. Spout your BS on your own time!

    You don't seem to grasp the concept of leverage. Suzie the payroll clerk needs to be careful using her company platform and time to blast controversial political memes. She's replaceable and her company doesn't need the headache. They'll have a new Suzie before the weekend.

    A star basketball player has a lot more leeway to say whatever the fuck he wants. Sure, if the owner decides he crossed the line and is a net loss for the franchise due to his activism, then maybe he'll get cut. But in the case of the NBA that's yet to happen. Perhaps Race's theory of declining ratings will change that calculus and outspoken ballplayers will start getting cut if they don't shut up. The market may finally speak in the other direction. Or maybe not. Right now the players have fucking leverage and you're just here to whine about it.
    He can say exactly what the boss says he can say. You do not have free speech at your place of employment. Their fame lets them do that off the clock. No need to stink up the work place and cause people that don't agree with you not to spend money on the team via tickets, clothing etc. Bad business.

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  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,168
    Sledog said:

    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Sledog said:

    Work isn't about politics. You have no right to spout your political BS publicly at work! Owners should shut all this shit down! They are there to play the game for our entertainment. Spout your BS on your own time!

    You don't seem to grasp the concept of leverage. Suzie the payroll clerk needs to be careful using her company platform and time to blast controversial political memes. She's replaceable and her company doesn't need the headache. They'll have a new Suzie before the weekend.

    A star basketball player has a lot more leeway to say whatever the fuck he wants. Sure, if the owner decides he crossed the line and is a net loss for the franchise due to his activism, then maybe he'll get cut. But in the case of the NBA that's yet to happen. Perhaps Race's theory of declining ratings will change that calculus and outspoken ballplayers will start getting cut if they don't shut up. The market may finally speak in the other direction. Or maybe not. Right now the players have fucking leverage and you're just here to whine about it.
    He can say exactly what the boss says he can say. You do not have free speech at your place of employment. Their fame lets them do that off the clock. No need to stink up the work place and cause people that don't agree with you not to spend money on the team via tickets, clothing etc. Bad business.

    The bosses seem to be letting them say whatever they want. Tough shit.
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  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 38,566 Standard Supporter
    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Sledog said:

    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Sledog said:

    Work isn't about politics. You have no right to spout your political BS publicly at work! Owners should shut all this shit down! They are there to play the game for our entertainment. Spout your BS on your own time!

    You don't seem to grasp the concept of leverage. Suzie the payroll clerk needs to be careful using her company platform and time to blast controversial political memes. She's replaceable and her company doesn't need the headache. They'll have a new Suzie before the weekend.

    A star basketball player has a lot more leeway to say whatever the fuck he wants. Sure, if the owner decides he crossed the line and is a net loss for the franchise due to his activism, then maybe he'll get cut. But in the case of the NBA that's yet to happen. Perhaps Race's theory of declining ratings will change that calculus and outspoken ballplayers will start getting cut if they don't shut up. The market may finally speak in the other direction. Or maybe not. Right now the players have fucking leverage and you're just here to whine about it.
    He can say exactly what the boss says he can say. You do not have free speech at your place of employment. Their fame lets them do that off the clock. No need to stink up the work place and cause people that don't agree with you not to spend money on the team via tickets, clothing etc. Bad business.

    The bosses seem to be letting them say whatever they want. Tough shit.
    I could care less about the NBA. Not a sport I like so fuck it. Let it die from it's own stupidity. You can cry.
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  • doogie
    doogie Member Posts: 15,072
    As long as you can care less, that’s all the NBA is asking of you right now. Keep hope alive.
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  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,168
    Sledog said:

    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Sledog said:

    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Sledog said:

    Work isn't about politics. You have no right to spout your political BS publicly at work! Owners should shut all this shit down! They are there to play the game for our entertainment. Spout your BS on your own time!

    You don't seem to grasp the concept of leverage. Suzie the payroll clerk needs to be careful using her company platform and time to blast controversial political memes. She's replaceable and her company doesn't need the headache. They'll have a new Suzie before the weekend.

    A star basketball player has a lot more leeway to say whatever the fuck he wants. Sure, if the owner decides he crossed the line and is a net loss for the franchise due to his activism, then maybe he'll get cut. But in the case of the NBA that's yet to happen. Perhaps Race's theory of declining ratings will change that calculus and outspoken ballplayers will start getting cut if they don't shut up. The market may finally speak in the other direction. Or maybe not. Right now the players have fucking leverage and you're just here to whine about it.
    He can say exactly what the boss says he can say. You do not have free speech at your place of employment. Their fame lets them do that off the clock. No need to stink up the work place and cause people that don't agree with you not to spend money on the team via tickets, clothing etc. Bad business.

    The bosses seem to be letting them say whatever they want. Tough shit.
    I could care less about the NBA. Not a sport I like so fuck it. Let it die from it's own stupidity. You can cry.
    Lol
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  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 38,566 Standard Supporter
    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Sledog said:

    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Sledog said:

    Work isn't about politics. You have no right to spout your political BS publicly at work! Owners should shut all this shit down! They are there to play the game for our entertainment. Spout your BS on your own time!

    You don't seem to grasp the concept of leverage. Suzie the payroll clerk needs to be careful using her company platform and time to blast controversial political memes. She's replaceable and her company doesn't need the headache. They'll have a new Suzie before the weekend.

    A star basketball player has a lot more leeway to say whatever the fuck he wants. Sure, if the owner decides he crossed the line and is a net loss for the franchise due to his activism, then maybe he'll get cut. But in the case of the NBA that's yet to happen. Perhaps Race's theory of declining ratings will change that calculus and outspoken ballplayers will start getting cut if they don't shut up. The market may finally speak in the other direction. Or maybe not. Right now the players have fucking leverage and you're just here to whine about it.
    He can say exactly what the boss says he can say. You do not have free speech at your place of employment. Their fame lets them do that off the clock. No need to stink up the work place and cause people that don't agree with you not to spend money on the team via tickets, clothing etc. Bad business.

    The bosses seem to be letting them say whatever they want. Tough shit.
    That's the bosses fault. If it kills the game they lose.

    I oppose the thought that it's the players right to speak out while on the company dime. That's really the narrative right now.
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  • HHusky
    HHusky Member Posts: 24,334
    Looks like Dori Monson is not the LeBron James of radio. Suspended
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  • WestlinnDuck
    WestlinnDuck Member Posts: 17,894 Standard Supporter
    Sledog said:

    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Sledog said:

    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Sledog said:

    Work isn't about politics. You have no right to spout your political BS publicly at work! Owners should shut all this shit down! They are there to play the game for our entertainment. Spout your BS on your own time!

    You don't seem to grasp the concept of leverage. Suzie the payroll clerk needs to be careful using her company platform and time to blast controversial political memes. She's replaceable and her company doesn't need the headache. They'll have a new Suzie before the weekend.

    A star basketball player has a lot more leeway to say whatever the fuck he wants. Sure, if the owner decides he crossed the line and is a net loss for the franchise due to his activism, then maybe he'll get cut. But in the case of the NBA that's yet to happen. Perhaps Race's theory of declining ratings will change that calculus and outspoken ballplayers will start getting cut if they don't shut up. The market may finally speak in the other direction. Or maybe not. Right now the players have fucking leverage and you're just here to whine about it.
    He can say exactly what the boss says he can say. You do not have free speech at your place of employment. Their fame lets them do that off the clock. No need to stink up the work place and cause people that don't agree with you not to spend money on the team via tickets, clothing etc. Bad business.

    The bosses seem to be letting them say whatever they want. Tough shit.
    That's the bosses fault. If it kills the game they lose.

    I oppose the thought that it's the players right to speak out while on the company dime. That's really the narrative right now.
    Curt Schilling found out which way ESPN rolls.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,457 Founders Club
    HHusky said:

    Looks like Dori Monson is not the LeBron James of radio. Suspended

    He said in Washington state where Inslee says its run by Science he can go to a court and change his gender

    Truth hurts fascist leaders
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  • HHusky
    HHusky Member Posts: 24,334
    RaceBannon said:

    HHusky said:

    Looks like Dori Monson is not the LeBron James of radio. Suspended

    He said in Washington state where Inslee says its run by Science he can go to a court and change his gender

    Truth hurts fascist leaders
    I believe the Seahawks are a business organization.
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