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Adam Silver — Social issues ‘unavoidable,’ but fans able to separate play, messaging – ESPN
NBA commissioner Adam Silver called players’ social messaging and activism “unavoidable at this moment in time” but the right thing to embrace, saying fans can separate it from the on-the-floor product.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver has addressed a conflict of interest that some say follows when players take on controversial, political topics, calling their social messaging and activism unavoidable but the right thing to embrace.
“I understand critics who say that they turn to sports to avoid controversy,” Silver said in an interview with Sports Illustrated published Wednesday. “But it’s unavoidable at this moment in time in our country. I wish there was an easier path for us to follow right no…
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