Current Events > It is official. The term "owner" is racist

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TalesofMedz
07/04/19 12:40:35 PM
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the NBA will look to move away from the use of the term "owner" to describe those with controlling interest of teams in favor of terms like "Governor of the team," "alternate Governor," or even "Chairman."


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nba-commissioner-adam-silver-said-basketball-league-may-phase-out-use-of-the-term-owner/
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Lost_All_Senses
07/04/19 12:42:14 PM
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Makes sense and who cares. If you actually care you're probably a racist. This is so insignificant of a change to anyone not racist. Especially when these "owners" are being caught using the N word it's just good for morale if not anything else
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CarrieChan
07/04/19 12:42:21 PM
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PC culture has gone mad.
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DarkRoast
07/04/19 12:43:04 PM
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It might trigger repressed memories in people born in the 1800s.
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TalesofMedz
07/04/19 12:43:38 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
Makes sense and who cares. If you actually care you're probably a racist. This is so insignificant of a change to anyone not racist. Especially when these "owners" are being caught using the N word it's just good for morale if not anything else

Didnt the nfl try to ban the n word?
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PonyPonyPony462
07/04/19 12:43:40 PM
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Theyre called owners because they own the sports team.

jfc
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sktgamer_13dude
07/04/19 12:44:07 PM
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Well one NBA owner was forced to sell a team for using racist language and an NFL owner literally referred to NFL players protesting as inmates running the prison so theres at least some context.

Not to defend the change.
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Rusty_Shacklefo
07/04/19 12:44:11 PM
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Governor

lmfao
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Southernfatman
07/04/19 12:45:34 PM
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It's just a loud minority who are actually offended by terms like "owners" and yet these big companies kowtow to them. It's a shame.
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EffectAndCause
07/04/19 12:46:13 PM
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Chairman sounds better anyway.
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CasualGuy
07/04/19 12:46:18 PM
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"Don't make fun of us being hyper sensitive to things that are non-issues, guys. Or you'll look bad!"
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Lost_All_Senses
07/04/19 12:46:45 PM
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TalesofMedz posted...
Lost_All_Senses posted...
Makes sense and who cares. If you actually care you're probably a racist. This is so insignificant of a change to anyone not racist. Especially when these "owners" are being caught using the N word it's just good for morale if not anything else

Didnt the nfl try to ban the n word?


From black players? That would be a completely different thing. People are mad at black people using the n word cause they flipped a word white people used on them and now white people finally can get in trouble for something black people can't. And oouu do they hate it.
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DarkRoast
07/04/19 12:47:07 PM
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EffectAndCause posted...
Chairman sounds better anyway.


It's technically incorrect though.

A chairman by definition is a representative, not an owner.
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Southernfatman
07/04/19 12:47:14 PM
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Hairistotle posted...
but why have a problem with this


Because it's people looking for a problem where there isn't one and crap like this makes all of us on the left look bad.
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CruelBuffalo
07/04/19 12:47:16 PM
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Governor is stupid since they arent elected, would be dictator.

I think chairman is fine.
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TalesofMedz
07/04/19 12:47:22 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
TalesofMedz posted...
Lost_All_Senses posted...
Makes sense and who cares. If you actually care you're probably a racist. This is so insignificant of a change to anyone not racist. Especially when these "owners" are being caught using the N word it's just good for morale if not anything else

Didnt the nfl try to ban the n word?


From black players? That would be a completely different thing. People are mad at black people using the n word cause they flipped a word white people used on them and now white people finally can get in trouble for something black people can't. And oouu do they hate it.

From all players
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CruelBuffalo
07/04/19 12:47:51 PM
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DarkRoast posted...
EffectAndCause posted...
Chairman sounds better anyway.


It's technically incorrect though.

A chairman by definition is a representative, not an owner.


Ah...well. Head Honcho is is
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scar the 1
07/04/19 12:47:55 PM
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Southernfatman posted...
It's just a loud minority who are actually offended by terms like "owners" and yet these big companies kowtow to them. It's a shame.

These big companies do this to make money.
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Lost_All_Senses
07/04/19 12:48:34 PM
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TalesofMedz posted...
Lost_All_Senses posted...
TalesofMedz posted...
Lost_All_Senses posted...
Makes sense and who cares. If you actually care you're probably a racist. This is so insignificant of a change to anyone not racist. Especially when these "owners" are being caught using the N word it's just good for morale if not anything else

Didnt the nfl try to ban the n word?


From black players? That would be a completely different thing. People are mad at black people using the n word cause they flipped a word white people used on them and now white people finally can get in trouble for something black people can't. And oouu do they hate it.

From all players


Lol, you know what they're doing. And when you show ignorance to that, it shines a certain light
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Veggeta X
07/04/19 12:48:39 PM
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What's worst? thinking owner is offensive or being offended that people think owner is offensive?
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CruelBuffalo
07/04/19 12:48:40 PM
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Hairistotle posted...
Southernfatman posted...
Hairistotle posted...
but why have a problem with this


Because it's people looking for a problem where there isn't one and crap like this makes all of us on the left look bad.

who are you to say what people should have a problem with? are you listening to yourself?


Lets not sugar coat it. This is a stupid thing to get upset about. On both sides
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TalesofMedz
07/04/19 12:49:08 PM
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Hairistotle posted...
Southernfatman posted...
Hairistotle posted...
but why have a problem with this


Because it's people looking for a problem where there isn't one and crap like this makes all of us on the left look bad.

who are you to say what people should have a problem with? are you listening to yourself?

There are real problems to deal with
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PoopPotato
07/04/19 12:49:12 PM
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Evenin' Guvnuh. I do declare your atholetes come from good stock.

Yes, thank you Guvnuh. I see your atholetes are treated quite well. Quite well.
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DarkRoast
07/04/19 12:49:57 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
What's worst? thinking owner is offensive or being offended that people think owner is offensive?


Being offended by people being offended of people being offended by owner.
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TalesofMedz
07/04/19 12:50:53 PM
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DarkRoast posted...
Veggeta X posted...
What's worst? thinking owner is offensive or being offended that people think owner is offensive?


Being offended by people being offended of people being offended by owner.

Being offended by a non offensive word
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Southernfatman
07/04/19 12:51:58 PM
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scar the 1 posted...
These big companies do this to make money.


Of course, but I think pandering to the extreme crowd and being faux progressive does a disservice to actual progressiveness.

Hairistotle posted...
who are you to say what people should have a problem with? are you listening to yourself?


What kind of question is that?
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BeantownHero
07/04/19 12:52:58 PM
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Players came to the commissioner with an issue

He, instead of balking, actually listened

The league is adopting the policy without incident

This is why people actually enjoy playing for that league, where it seems like more and more, NFL players do it IN SPITE of management
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CruelBuffalo
07/04/19 12:53:08 PM
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Hairistotle posted...
CruelBuffalo posted...
Lets not sugar coat it. This is a stupid thing to get upset about. On both sides


I'm not gonna tell people who are upset over this that they're being stupid, and I don't really know how it's stupid at all. I don't know why anyone would purport to know what should or shouldnt bother others


Didnt say they were stupid, just that this is a stupid thing to get upset about. Its trivial. But that seems to be the route this country is going for. Fighting over words and ugly shoes
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TalesofMedz
07/04/19 12:53:35 PM
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Highwind07 posted...
Governor and chairman just sounded incorrect in context of ownership.

If you own a business then you are a business owner and a sports team is a business.
Chairman is more in the sense of corporate ownership.
Governor well I just think of state governing but I dunno how it works in business.

Back in 1860 both governors and chairmen owned slaves...
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SageHarpuia
07/04/19 12:53:38 PM
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Yeah socialists tend to get angsty when that word pops up
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BaiusGaltar
07/04/19 12:54:40 PM
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TalesofMedz posted...
Hairistotle posted...
Southernfatman posted...
Hairistotle posted...
but why have a problem with this


Because it's people looking for a problem where there isn't one and crap like this makes all of us on the left look bad.

who are you to say what people should have a problem with? are you listening to yourself?

There are real problems to deal with

But pc culture seems to be a big problem for you.
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TalesofMedz
07/04/19 12:55:51 PM
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BaiusGaltar posted...
TalesofMedz posted...
Hairistotle posted...
Southernfatman posted...
Hairistotle posted...
but why have a problem with this


Because it's people looking for a problem where there isn't one and crap like this makes all of us on the left look bad.

who are you to say what people should have a problem with? are you listening to yourself?

There are real problems to deal with

But pc culture seems to be a big problem for you.

I am not part of the pc culture
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BaiusGaltar
07/04/19 12:57:04 PM
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TalesofMedz posted...
BaiusGaltar posted...
TalesofMedz posted...
Hairistotle posted...
Southernfatman posted...
Hairistotle posted...
but why have a problem with this


Because it's people looking for a problem where there isn't one and crap like this makes all of us on the left look bad.

who are you to say what people should have a problem with? are you listening to yourself?

There are real problems to deal with

But pc culture seems to be a big problem for you.

I am not part of the pc culture

Right. But you're part of the outrage culture.
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AlisLandale
07/04/19 12:57:23 PM
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In this context Im fine with this.

But tbh the commoditization of human beings in the sports industry has always felt creepy to me
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CruelBuffalo
07/04/19 12:57:28 PM
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Hairistotle posted...
CruelBuffalo posted...
Didnt say they were stupid, just that this is a stupid thing to get upset about. Its trivial. But that seems to be the route this country is going for. Fighting over words and ugly shoes

You understand that you don't get to control what people do or don't find offensive/trivial, right?


Correct. And I am free to say I believe they are wasting energy on trivial things.

Do you keep this line of thinking for things like this?
https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/c8n3u6/rblackpeopletwitter_should_be_banned_or_at_least/

Because I keep my line of thinking with that
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0xDEFECADE
07/04/19 12:57:57 PM
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creativerealms
07/04/19 12:57:58 PM
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A word can't be racist in of itself. It is how the word is used.
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SageHarpuia
07/04/19 12:58:31 PM
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creativerealms posted...
A word can't be racist in of itself. It is how the word is used.

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Grischnak
07/04/19 12:59:36 PM
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Oh lovely. Can't wait till this madness spends outside of sports. I'm sure soon I'll have to define myself as "Governor" of my pets.
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TalesofMedz
07/04/19 12:59:43 PM
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BaiusGaltar posted...
TalesofMedz posted...
BaiusGaltar posted...
TalesofMedz posted...
Hairistotle posted...
Southernfatman posted...
Hairistotle posted...
but why have a problem with this


Because it's people looking for a problem where there isn't one and crap like this makes all of us on the left look bad.

who are you to say what people should have a problem with? are you listening to yourself?

There are real problems to deal with

But pc culture seems to be a big problem for you.

I am not part of the pc culture

Right. But you're part of the outrage culture.

I do not get outrage by the term owner
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0xDEFECADE
07/04/19 1:00:23 PM
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Grischnak posted...
I'm sure soon I'll have to define myself as "Governor" of my pets.

you have black people as pets? what the fuck?
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