I recently read the NBA, in an effort to be more “Socially Aware”, released list of “acceptable social messages” which players can wear on the back of their game jerseys.
Here’s their approved list, so far:
Caption: Soon to Appear on an NBA jersey near you?
It’s quite a list, but it looks just a bit incomplete. How about considering these honest but accurate candidates for the list?
Possible “Acceptable Statements” for NBA Game Jerseys
- “Here Ego Again.”
- “No ‘Team’ in ‘Self-Esteem’”
- “I’m Privileged.”
- FYI: There are only 450 NBA players. That’s “privilege”.
- “Mansion Owner”
- FYI: Take a look at these impressive NBA “cribs” …WOW!
- “Check Out MY Basket.”
- “1-Percenter”
- FYI: The 1% income level in 2015 was about $421,347.
- “0.1-Percenter”
- FYI: the 0.01% income level in 2015 was about $2.2 Million.
- “$94,000 Per Game”
- FYI: The average NBA salary of $7.7 Million for playing 82 games per season.
- “I Made $490,000 Today”
- FYI: Stephen Curry, 31, Golden State Warriors: $40.2 million salary for 2020, NBA’s Highest Paid Player.
- “74.4% Black”
- FYI: NBA Players Ethnicity: 74.4% black, 23.3 percent white players, 1.8 percent Latino of any race, and 0.2 percent Asian.
- “97% White Owned”
- FYI: of 30 NBA Teams, only 1 is owned by a black person.
- “I Got Bling!”
- “S.O.S.”
- FYI: A distress call to “Support Our Sponsors“.
- “Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters”
- FYI: It’s from a pinback button I used to have pinned on my cubicle at work during my first job.
- “My Place is On the Court, Not In One.”
- FYI: Over 350 arrests of NBA players over the last 65 years, or about 5 per year. Note this list covers all races.
I’m not picking on the NBA, their Players, or any cause they choose to support or advertise. However, one must ask themselves if the NBA is doing this out of “social awareness” or “self-preservation”. After all, they, their sponsors, and their players are a business just like any other business.
Thanks for Reading! (and, please, New Jersey residents, pardon my pun 
