The NBA and NBPA's social justice initiatives outlined Friday are a win for the players. But it's just a first step, and much more action is required from many more people than just the players. (michaelgrange)
The Bucks walked out spontaneously and seemingly without a plan, raising questions that have needed answers on the fly: On what basis does the league return to play? For what gains? And for what cause would you walk out again?
Now, after the most tumultuous 48 hours we’ve arguably ever seen in sports, the NBA season is ready to resume and the rest of sports will too.– a reminder that part of the purpose of playing through a pandemic was to keep front and centre the systemic inequality of which violent encounters with police are perhaps the most visible of many symptoms.
The last two times NBA players raised the possibility of a boycott or – in the Bucks’ case – a strike, the problems they were trying to solve were finite; they existed within the league’s known universe. At the 1964 All-Star Game it was pension rights; in 2014 it was to demand the ouster of then-Clippers owner Donald Sterling. On both occasions, solutions were at hand and gains won.
But eventually – and sooner is better than later – they need to be unburdened, or at least the burden needs to be shared.
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