NBA Store Refusing to Let People Make Customizable Jerseys That Read 'FreeHongKong'
The NBA is heavily dependent on China. The communist nation has as many basketball fans as the United States has people. And if it don’t make dollars, it don’t make sense.
But at what cost?
From Daily Wire:
The National Basketball Association’s online store blocked people from being able to order customizable jerseys that featured “FreeHongKong” as the name on the back of the Jersey.
Sports commentator Clay Travis posted a video to Twitter that showed the NBA blocking the jersey when the name entered was “FreeHongKong” but not when the name was “FreeHongKonu” thus showing that it had nothing to do with the number of characters on the jersey.
WATCH:
The NBA bans you, the fan, from putting #freehongkong on customized league jerseys even as they allow players to wear customized jerseys. pic.twitter.com/px9enQa1qk
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 13, 2020
Here is audio of the NBA store telling me I can't buy a FreeHongKong jersey, but I can buy a KillCops jersey.
Eventually, once they realized what was happening, they claimed they couldn't sell me anything because of high call volume and system error. pic.twitter.com/S9bdj9xgXU
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) July 13, 2020
The NBA bans you, the fan, from putting #freehongkong on customized league jerseys even as they allow players to wear customized jerseys. pic.twitter.com/px9enQa1qk
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 13, 2020
However, here are some slogans that are just A-OKAY…
-F—K HONG KONG
-DEFUND POLICE
-ABOLISH COPS
-BEWARE OF JEWS
-SNEAKY JEWS
-BAN GYPSIES
-XI FOR LIFE
-CANCEL ISRAEL
-NINE 11 HOAX
-END TAIWAN
-ENSLAVE TIBET
-TRUMP HAS AIDS
-PENCE IS GAY
-UYGHURS LIE
Just swell, huh?