In my social media paper about athletes I raised the question "Should coaches/management have censorship rights?". Well, the NBA seems to be a dictatorship (it has been since David Stern became the commissioner) when it comes to this issue. Micky Arison, owner of the Miami Heat, was fined $500,000 for tweeting comments related to the NBA lockout. David Stern has a long history of controlling players and owners and he should be credited for helping save the leauge in the 80's (Magic, Bird, and Jordan might have had something to do with that too), but his reputation as a power hungry commissioner has gotten worse over the last few years. Bryant Gumble recently equated him to a slave owner running a plantation. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-wojnarowski_nba_micky_arison_fine_103111
Thats a bit harsh, $500,000 for a 140 character tweet. yikes!
ReplyDeleteThat's ridiculous. I don't see why some people want to keep everything hush hush. Fans are beginning to lose interest in the NBA so they better spill the news out
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