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Yeah Cobb is not ATL. The only time these players will see Atlanta is when they take 85 through downtown. Buckhead and the Battery are losing money, none of these guys are going anywhere else.
It’s faux outrage. I can understand the messaging may get redundant, but that’s not why they’re outraged. They just want to wash their hands of it. It doesn’t affect me, I don’t want to hear about it.
On both sides it seems. There may be a lot of bad things in the bill but it sure seems strange to keep hearing about a bottle of water.
Probably a different thread because surely you see the difference between a sports league exacting retribution on a state based on a law vs a couple mentions of SJ on a broadcast?
Yah, but trying to figure out how outrage to real actions as a result of faux outrage is not real.
Turner Field was repurposed from the ‘96 Olympics - it was right next to where Atlanta Fulton County stadium stood - right downtown. Quite frankly, the surrounding area was a bad part of town. Not a place where you would want to be walking around at night by yourself. And there was virtually nothing around there that drew people in before the game or to stick around after the game. The new location The Battery is an outstanding location and surrounding area. Now one could argue they could have tried to build something downtown to match but 1. Finding the location would have been next to impossible and 2. The price. It’s an infinitely better game day experience now than what they had at Turner.
Maybe I misinterpreted GR, but I thought he was implying even mentions on the broadcast bother him too. Agreed that moving the game out of the state due to a law being passed is definitely on another level.
Unless I'm missing something the NBA did in regards to the new Georgia voting laws, it seems like that's what he's implying here to me?
Naturally if the politics being injected in a broadcast aligns with someone views, they're less likely to get upset.
Thanks for the context.
Again though, as others have mentioned the water bottle is misdirection from the main issues.
Yeah no ####
What's wild to me is that there are much worse things in that bill than not being able to hand out water within 150 feet yet the Democrats strangely seemed to be solely focused on pushing that. Makes absolutely no sense to me that they're focusing on that rather than something like drop off locations being cut by 75% in heavy Democratic counties and them not being 24/7, making it harder for people who work during the day to drop off their ballots.
If you're really surprised by this, it's probably because you agree with the message and haven't used your imagination to think about how you would like if if your favorite sport led off every game with a brief prayer/devotional dedicated to whatever religion you most dislike, and also featured little religious mini-features scattered throughout the broadcast. Could you still enjoy the game? Sure of course. But you would probably find the religious angle out-of-place and intrusive, and you'd probably resent it a bit.
The Braves were not involved in the decision to move the game. In fact, they actually released a statement saying that they are disappointed and it was not their recommendation to move it.
Yah, the article I referenced as a summary on page two of this thread from cbsnews doesn't really talk about the drop of locations either.
Uhhhh, do you remember Tim Tebow? Dude wouldn't shut up about religion in every interview, would have a prayer circle every game, etc. Tons of athletes even nowadays still reference God in post game interviews and how they couldn't have gotten here without him. Sure, it might be a little annoying to me as an atheist but I would never consider boycotting over such a ridiculous reason. It certainly doesn't ruin the excitement of the sport for me.
Agreed. I think it's just how ridiculous the whole giving water thing is that makes it such a strong talking point. Has to be one of the very few times in the history of mankind that giving water to someone thirsty is illegal.
His post wasn’t worth a response. It’s literally the same outrage culture they’re supposedly so against.
Really not sure, it makes absolutely no sense to me. Maybe we can just chalk it up to the Democrats being horrible at messaging?
This is like the "what is cancel culture" discussion we had earlier. I guess everyone can make their own definition and has their own set of "whats" ok but I think you are mostly comparing different things.
1. I’m not outraged
1. Calm down.
I hate that they signedwith ESPN next year. Now those nitwits will convert them to wokeness.
Not sure either but I have a hard time believing it wasn't at least partially due to them trying and restrict more Democratic voters from voting.
These are the same morons that continued to blackout 25% of the games I wanted to pay them $125/yr to watch and forced me to find free alternatives.
Like several other parts of this bill it's obviously targeted to try to get fewer people to vote.
People watch sports to get away from the news. If they want to draw attention to worthy causes, they can make a public service commercial, and be highly effective.
Oh yeah, most definitely. Public service commercials have completely ended drug use, racism, world hunger, etc... they’re very effective.
Yah, I'd like to hear it (the explanation) but nothing surprises me in politics.
Well the woke NBA hasn't reduced asian hate any eitherOh yeah, most definitely. Public service commercials have completely ended drug use, racism, world hunger, etc... they’re very effective.
I don’t watch the NBA, nor do I know what you’re referring to. If they want to talk about Asian violence, I salute them. It’s their right to speak, and they have a platform to do so.
I would love someone to tell me this is not trying to make it harder for people to vote.
I'd like to understand the reasoning better as well.
Well...another stadium and small business owners in another city will get the jobs...so that sort of washes out doesn't it.
Simply not true. Liberal boycotts work all the time. Conservative boycotts almost never work. There is a reason for this: liberalism is about change; conservatism is about preventing change.
