alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoFlavor Flav and Alexis Ohanian help pay Olympian Veronica Farley's rentwww.themirror.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkFlavor Flav and Alexis Ohanian help pay Olympian Veronica Farley's rentwww.themirror.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareNotyou@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoSupposed to be, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen NBA professionals playing at the Olympics. Why make an exception for them?
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoThey started letting off-season pros play a few decades ago, and there was a lot of controversy about it.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoI don’t think the NBA is a government agency, either, so is the government paying the NBA guys? Maybe they were thinking of the NSA?
Supposed to be, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen NBA professionals playing at the Olympics. Why make an exception for them?
They started letting off-season pros play a few decades ago, and there was a lot of controversy about it.
I don’t think the NBA is a government agency, either, so is the government paying the NBA guys?
Maybe they were thinking of the NSA?