NBA said they will not be paying these nikkas

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I just don't understand not getting the shot if you're consistently around people. It doesn't seem safe at all to go without the shot. If they could opt to stay at home then that's a diff story. Bet they won't take a couple years off to stay safe, though. :sas1:
 

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Listen, i'm pro-vaccine but this is how it starts. Sooner or later the players won't be allowed to play unless they get vaccinated. Sooner or later, you won't be able to have a job without getting vaccinated. Its like the bible and the mark of the beast. And no one truly knows every single thing they put in these vaccines.

It sets a very dangerous precedent.
Except the Bible will continue to be superstition.
The virus, which is real, will continue to kill hundreds of thousands and disrupt society.

Sooner or later everyone will realize something has to be done to end the pandemic.
It clearly wont go away on its own.

Its weird that all the prayer people did didnt help at all.
Maybe its time to put religion away and focus on science.
 

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I got no problem with this. My job requires vaccination and I'm a remote worker. And it's cuz we are in healthcare. NBA players shouldn't be compensated if they are going out of their way to be non compliant.
Negged for common sense :troll:
 

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I just don't understand not getting the shot if you're consistently around people. It doesn't seem safe at all to go without the shot. If they could opt to stay at home then that's a diff story. Bet they won't take a couple years off to stay safe, though. :sas1:


It all comes down to people absorbing dumb shyt from YouTube and Twitter. All of it. Had the pandemic happend in the 90s this wouldn't be an issue.

Unfortunately it's a cult and people won't change their minds, their whole identity revolves around being unvaccinated. Arguing with an antivaxxer is like arguing with a Trump supporter.
 

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League and owners are hypocrites.

Talking about these players will have to live with the consequences of their decisions but they're quick to change the meaning of a guaranteed contract to players being paid on a game by game basis because their own decisions shot themselves in the foot. They guaranteed that money. Players have no control over local laws changing to forbid them playing if they want to maintain the integrity of their body according to personal beliefs. They are not refusing to play. They are refusing a medical option while fully healthy. Their states are forbidding them to play.

If the league and owners were decent, they would pay Wiggins and Kyrie but give the teams the option to replace them with another player who doesn't count in terms of luxury tax and all that.

League and owners basically sold out acting like the players are being immoral when it's the other way around.

Can't believe people still go around saying "nobody is forcing anyone to take the shot" when they are messing with their livelihoods like this.

All because people have an unreasonable fear of death, don't know how to navigate media and don't understand actual science.

If you feel outraged by this post, consider yourself privileged to have read a message that inevitably will get censored.:heh:
 
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No. I work alone. I don't go out. I still wear a mask. Still social distancing. I havent hung out since quarantine started. I also won't be seeking any medical treatment outside of quarantining myself and taking the proper nutrition.

Big seperation from someone who has a million dollar contract, around other million dollar contracts, traveling with the team and going on stage in front of crowds every night. Not to mention the nightlife. One NBA player getting sick can cause a ripple effect and now games are being postponed again. Not to mention these guys see doctors and take pain meds on a regular basis throughout the year. I haven't been to a doctor in close to 25 years. See the difference?

I get your point.

You avoid hospitals and certain aspects of modern medicine...and have a consistent viewpoint.

Kyrie/Andrew embrace modern medicine for surgeries and pain meds but doesn't trust a vaccine.
 

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90% of the league was vaccinated before this news. They willingly got their shots.

We'll see how many of the few remaining players stand on their square. Lebron already folded.

It all comes down to people absorbing dumb shyt from YouTube and Twitter. All of it. Had the pandemic happend in the 90s this wouldn't be an issue.

Unfortunately it's a cult and people won't change their minds, their whole identity revolves around being unvaccinated. Arguing with an antivaxxer is like arguing with a Trump supporter.

That's not true. There's been anti vaxxers since polio and smallpox. Hell, people reacted the same way when wearing seatbelts was mandated. Americans are probably dumber now.
 

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90% of the league was vaccinated before this news. They willingly got their shots.

We'll see how many of the few remaining players stand on their square. Lebron already folded.



That's not true. There's been anti vaxxers since polio and smallpox. Hell, people reacted the same way when wearing seatbelts was mandated. Americans are probably dumber now.
I remember people were actively saying they didn’t want to wear helmets when riding motorcycles to the point where now they were getting tickets if they didn’t.

sometimes you gotta save idiots from themselves
 

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It is what it is at this point. We’re gonna be living with this thing forever. It’s a endemic, that’s why everyone’s mandating it.
 

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Honestly... I doubt it sways the stars that much.

Yeah, losing 16 mil hurts. Losing near 18 mil hurts...

Then you realize that Wiggins makes around 30 million a year. Kyrie makes about 33-34 million a year.

They still take home 13-16 million in salary, not counting what they've already made. They'll survive, barring absurdly excessive spending habits/lifestyle.

It's the reserves/folks fighting for that last spot that this is going to hurt.
 
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