In the continuation of woke P.R. , the NBA continues to show why they can’t be trusted and should stick with sports. You see, it sounds politically correct for an athlete to tell students to stay in school and get good grades. It’s The socially acceptable thing to do. Just as it was acceptable for the NBA to embrace MLK and BLM. However, As stated in my as a black man MLK NBA day offended me. Mlk never protested or marched at sporting events. Instead, he was in the street with the people. Yet, the NBA unlike MLK arent’ in touch with the people. No matter how many freestyles, mixtapes, or social media accounts they have. Furthermore the majority of popular players cant relate with the average HBCU student. Most of them attended top Division one schools and received red carpet treatment. Can you imagine a top 5 player going in the draft dealing with moldy dorms and rats? And this is why Howard University proves NBA phony activism is only concerned with students athletes, not academia.

NBA sadly Exploits HBCU’s FOR the 2021 ALL-STAR GAME

THE SPORTS DELUSION

Idol worship of NBA players is responsible, the foundation of capitalistic sports is predicated upon idol worship. This is accomplished with ads, merch, etc. The Howard sit-in was a great time for NBA athletes to stand in solidarity with Howard students but no one did. A statement was released stating that Howard handle the inhumane living conditions of its students. Let me ask you this if the # ! draft pick was living in these conditions would players have shown up?

In reality, Howard and other JBCU ‘s don’t have NBA all potential talent but it doesn’t represent the breeding ground for black thought of the future. It isn’t important that we distinguish P.R. campaigns and real change. there are so many things competing for our attention and money it’s time we challenge the integrity of their true value. Does the NBA care about change or more concerned about making us believe they care about change?

As sports continue to lose its spark, its creativity becomes bland, its competition less physical, except attempts to branch into other markets. As sports become more involved political ideologies it distracts you from the major problems all along, sports is just a game, our thoughts, our desire to escape from our mundane lives has made us progress our excitement onto basketball, we will burn cities, riot, all in the name of a team. We will mimic revolutionary actions for a sports team but remain stagnant and stale in our everyday lives.

In conclusion, as fall approaches and the weather gets colder, Howard students are sleeping in tents outside their dorm buildings. These are struggling college students attending what is to be thought the most prestigious HBCU. The lack of attention and resources by the NBA and its players while astounding is no surprise. The communities from which the players come from don’t value education. After all how many players actually go back to school and earn a degree after making it to the NBA?. As long as we prioritize entertainment, sports, and degenerate culture, we will continue to play the blame game. We will continue to exhibit victim-like behavior and continue to neglect ourselves as a community and as an individual.