Now That NBA Owners Are No Longer Owners

[Minister of Truth]

What term should we start calling them?

I hadn't thought of Princeps when I started making the poll, but a great Roman term that means "first citizen" has merit.

 

[Jade Dragon]

What term should we start calling them?

I hadn't thought of Princeps when I started making the poll, but a great Roman term that means "first citizen" has merit.

I really don't even know what you're talking about.

 

[Minister of Truth]

I really don't even know what you're talking about.

You Will.

Okay, I know a lot of people have given-up on the NBA, and for far less retarded things.

 

[Jade Dragon]

You Will.

Okay, I know a lot of people have given-up on the NBA, and for far less retarded things.

Is it some weird p.c. stuff?

 

[Minister of Truth]

Is it some weird p.c. stuff?

Yep. They are going to stop calling the NBA owners, "Owners." Because, having a rich white guy owning mostly black players is perceived as offensive (and, I would guess, the spirit of the 13th Amendment).

 

[Mason Michaels]

I really don't even know what you're talking about.

Someone made a big stink,that using the term owners,is insulting to the Black players

 

[Mason Michaels]

Yep. They are going to stop calling the NBA owners, "Owners." Because, having a rich white guy owning mostly black players is perceived as offensive (and, I would guess, the spirit of the 13th Amendment).

They own the team,the millionaire players are employees

 

[cawacko]

What term should we start calling them?

I hadn't thought of Princeps when I started making the poll, but a great Roman term that means "first citizen" has merit.

My man Draymond Green is one of the leaders of this movement. When you think about it the players are just a small number when it comes to overall employees of an NBA organization. But as he argues they are the face of the organization.

I generally try to see things from others perspective but this one I don't get. Yes a majority of the players in the league are black but so what? The team owners don't "own" the players anymore than any other organization's owners "own" their employees. You have a contract, you work for them. But no one owns you.

There was a (small) movement in SF awhile back where they wanted to outlaw people "owning" pets. I forget the term they wanted to use instead but it was a similar concept.

 

[Celticguy]

I think ill go with "massa".

 

[Minister of Truth]

My man Draymond Green is one of the leaders of this movement. When you think about it the players are just a small number when it comes to overall employees of an NBA organization. But as he argues they are the face of the organization.

I generally try to see things from others perspective but this one I don't get. Yes a majority of the players in the league are black but so what? The team owners don't "own" the players anymore than any other organization's owners "own" their employees. You have a contract, you work for them. But no one owns you.

There was a (small) movement in SF awhile back where they wanted to outlaw people "owning" pets. I forget the term they wanted to use instead but it was a similar concept.

I certainly cannot see things from the perspective of Nut Puncher.