Steve Phelps on NASCAR and social justice activism

What we do in the areas of social justice and diversity equity inclusion is going to be authentic to who we are.  May not be the right thing for the NBA, but it’s going to be the right thing for us.

~ Steve Phelps, NASCAR President, "Forget ‘Go woke, go broke,’ NASCAR claims social justice is at forefront as new season begins," MarketWatch.com, February 13, 2021

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Kevin Duffy on the politicization of the NBA: "We're living in the Matrix"

The NBA has done irreparable damage to their brand.  Credibility takes a long time to build, but can be lost overnight.  What David Stern created, Adam Silver destroyed by toeing the official line.

The politicization of the NBA was predictable because the franchise enjoys a symbiotic relationship with government, including subsidies for lavish sports arenas.  These subsidies (payed by the taxpayer) go into the pockets of billionaire owners and millionaire players.  Welfare for the rich.

Instead of being grateful, they insult the very people who support them.  Worse, they insult our intelligence promoting a bogus cause.  (If anyone who worked for the NBA, TNT or ESPN condemned black communities for disproportionately high levels of fatherless families and violent crime, they'd be fired in a heartbeat.  "Action" always means extracting more money from the hapless taxpayer and never taking responsibility.)

The official narratives don't just stop at BLM.  If you're in a bubble, and everyone is testing negative for Covid and young and healthy, why the incessant mask-wearing?  Why is a young, attractive female reporter wearing a mask when she's practically the only person in the gym?  This is nothing more than cramming more of the official propaganda down our throats. It's not even subtle.

We're living in the Matrix.

~ Kevin Duffy, August 27, 2020

Bubba Wallace on sponsorships and social activism

I’m just a walking ambassador right now, and I love it. I’m very thankful for all these companies and organizations to want to be part of this journey.

~ Bubba Wallace, "Door Dash Joins Bubba Wallace's List of Sponsors," Breitbart, August 14, 2020

Clay Travis on declining ratings of the NBA

I think the NBA has gone woke, and they're starting to go broke.

~ Clay Travis, "NBA ratings have been GARBAGE lately, losing nightly to Fox News," YouTube, August 13, 2020

Jimmy Butler on political activism and the NBA

In a sense that we get to feel how we want to feel, and we get to express it in our way.  The way that the league, the players, the coaches, are kneeling in unity, and if you decide to stand in unity, it's what needs to be done.  Because the greater good, and the goal that we're trying to get across, it will be reached.  And I'm happy to see everybody in on it.

~ Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat forward, comment during a post-practice video call, July 31, 2020