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The NBA is never as irrelevant as they are today. As a huge NBA fan, I’ve always watched as many basketball games as my schedule allows. I’m a Warriors fan, and have been well before Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson came around. However, after the COVID-19 shutdown of professional sports and the return of the NBA, I literally have zero interest in watching.
Part of it is the atmosphere. Without fans in the audience, it doesn’t feel as competitive. It’s more of a scrimmage atmosphere. There’s no suspense. There’s not the same adrenaline rush. It’s like watching a pickup game at your local gym.
The other side of it is that the NBA has turned into a bunch of virtue signaling millionaires injecting politics into what is supposed to be a community experience, bringing together people from across divisive lines. It used to be to where you’d go to a sporting event, and you would cheer right along with the stranger sitting next to you. It didn’t matter who they voted for in the last election. It didn’t matter what their philosophical views on the economy were, the color of their skin or what their income level was. You were in community with that person because of a common goal of cheering on your team.
Sports and entertainment are also supposed to be a form of escapism of the stress and chaos of the real world. As soon as you enter that arena or turn the game on TV, it didn’t matter what the media was saying about Donald Trump. You could leave that all behind and just cheer on your team!
That has gone by the wayside. Politics have been injected into every aspect of life. There’s no escaping it! Leftist politics have taken over the professional sports leagues, and the condition for being a fan was agreeing their political persuasions. If you are a conservative or voted for Donald Trump, the NBA doesn’t want you to be a fan of any of their teams.
And now we have the NBA players refusing to play their scheduled games in protest of supposed police brutality, even though the specific instance they are protesting appears to have been a justified shooting of a violent criminal who was not obeying orders from the police and was a threat to their safety.
Where do we go from here? For me, personally, I have no interested in turning on the game or even checking the scores. I’ve lost all interest in caring what those Social Justice Warriors are up to. I’m not one to call for boycotts. At the same time, I can vote with my dollar, and I choose to support brands and companies that don’t hate America.
Until the NBA realizes that they’ve lost sight of their purpose and change course, I will no longer watch their games. They’ve lost their relevance. I have better things I can do with my time and money than support a bunch of virtue signaling Social Justice Warriors get paid millions of dollars to play a game… or, as we are seeing right now, simply walking off the court and refusing to play.
Coronavirus lockdowns put the future of independent news at risk
Reports indicate rising traffic but drastically lower revenues for mid-sized independent news outlets.
The economic downturn from COVID-19 lockdowns has hit many industries in the gut. One industry that doesn’t get nearly enough attention is journalism. The corporate conglomerates controlling mainstream media outlets are able to weather the storm, but independent news outlets have seen revenues plummet to the point that many are considering shutting down. We know. We’ve had to consider the possibility ourselves.
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As I note below, traffic is through the roof. The appetite for honest news reporting, conservative opinion writing, and right-leaning podcasts is high. Every day we pick up new readers and subscribers; it’s another blessing we do not take for granted. But despite the increases in traffic and viewership, revenues have continued to plummet. We have maxed out on the number of ads we run, and that’s definitely not by choice. Ideally, we would run minimal ads or no ads at all, but this isn’t a hobby. This is a business, the only one that supports my family, so I’ve chosen to do what I hate doing by having plenty of ads on the site. Even with more ads, revenues are not what they were before the coronavirus lockdowns. This is why we’re still desperately asking for help.
The best way NOQ Report readers can help is to donate. Our Giving Fuel page makes it easy to donate one-time or monthly. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal as well. Our initial estimate of $11,500 to stay afloat through the end of the year was understated. Just as revenues have gone down, so too have expenses risen. We need to pick up quite a bit more than expected; I won’t even venture a guess anymore. At this point, literally everything we receive helps us keep the dream of being a truth-centered news outlet alive.
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