NBA TO LEAVE BLM, SOCIAL JUSTICE MESSAGING 'OFF THE FLOOR' NEXT SEASON, SAYS COMMISSIONER ADAM SILVER“We’re completely committed to standing for social justice and racial equality and that’s been the case going back decades,” Silver told ESPN’s Rachel Nichols. My sense is there’ll be somewhat a return to normalcy, that those messages will largely be left to be delivered off the floor. Players have used their platform since the start of the abbreviated season to push social-justices messages during games and after games. The NBA supported players who protested playing in the NBA Playoffs over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin too. Everything from the social justice messaging, to the hot election season, to the increased viewership in cable and sports fatigue has been blamed for the drop.

Source: Fox News October 08, 2020 21:22 UTC