Nah, you wouldn't.
Lavar Ball Showing The Power Of Ownership (LaMelo: "Beat That N!gga Ass" - No Loss Of Endorsements)
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Right because I'm sure they did Monday Night Raw for free so no one but Lonzo is making money. Those mannequins had the name Lonzo all over them as well so he did all the legwork right? I guess the world didn't see #BBB logos all over the Staples Center for a capacity crowd for an event that had nothing to do with basketball either.
Another #BBB thread, and here goes the same hater. To even hate in a black athlete empowerment and ownership thread can only mean one thing
Anyone want to guess this posters ethnic background?
You've had your fun but it's time for #BBB to put you on ignore. @houston911 can we ban the people derailing from this thread there are enough fukkery filled #BBB threads for them to clown in. This one we're trying to have a needed and serious convo in.
Maybe you should make your own special BBB message board where you can post safely and securely without having to worry about dealing with any dissenting opinions
I'm hating? BBB can't possibly be making any real money right now, so they have nothing to lose. YOu want a serious convo? I'm being serious. The entire premise of this thread is dumb as fukk and was solely made to get daps from Coli militant/minions. You think Lonzo isn't going to have ANY endorsements? BBB is an apparel company. I guarantee you Lonzo will get endorsements with various companies -- whether it's a credit card company, a travel company, a food company, etc.
At that point, you're in a position where you have to answer to people if you want to keep cashing that check. BTW, nobody is forcing anybody. You don't HAVE to apologize for anything, you can say fukk it, keep it moving, but don't expect that check to keep coming. That has nothing to do with slave mentality or any dumb shyt like that. It's simply an employer-employee relationship. Just like you at your job - if you have a job - you have to follow certain rules and protocols, if you want to keep getting paid and being employed.
By the way.. the biggest fault in your post is that EVERYONE has to answer to someone. Even the supposed BOSS has to answer to either his employees, or his customers, or both. Remember when the Under Armor CEO had to majorly fall back after whatever he said about supporting Trump? He caught heat from his "employees" like Steph Curry, and he caught heat from his customers, and he apologized.
AVXL
Laughing at you n*ggaz like “ha ha ha”
This is just a stream of consciousness I'm going to let flow after reading another lame article on one of the MSM websites talking slick about Lavar, #BBB and LaMelo after their appearance on Raw last night.
On this week's episode of Monday Night Raw on live TV, during The Miz's segment LaMelo Ball told his father Lavar to "Beat That nikka's Ass" while Lavar was face to face with The Miz in a stare down. Tuesday's sports headlines were filled with stories on LaMelo using a "racial slur" and the WWE released a statement apologizing for the Melo's choice of language, saying that it didn't "reflect WWE's values."
Yet I can recall Vince (a white man) using the same word and there was no apology issued. On the contrary the WWE defended Vince saying nikka as an "an outlandish and satirical skit involving fictional characters, similar to that of many scripted television shows and movies" but that's neither here nor there.
Whether or not it is a big deal for a young man to say nikka on live TV will vary based on the opinion of the word's usage by each individual viwer. What I'm writing about is the fact that this incident is our first full view of the power of an athlete (and/or an athlete's family) owning their own brand when something controversial happens.
LaMelo's older brother, Lonzo, who was recently the 2nd pick of the 2017 NBA Draft (by the Los Angeles Lakers) did not have to release an apology on Tuesday. He was not dropped from a Nike,Reebok or Adidas contract because of the use of the word during his family's segment on raw. Lavar Ball was not forced to apologize and publicly chastise his youngest son for using the word on live TV because their is no corporation holding a check over there heads forcing them to be opinion-less drones. If they do decide to apologize or release a statement, it's solely by choice and that is unprecedented in the modern sports world. We see how the NFL has basically colluded to blackball a Super Bowl quarterback in his athletic prime, the Honorable Brother Colin Kapernick, for simply taking a knee in protest to police brutality in the US.
Tiger Woods lost $22 Million in endorsements because he went thru a highly publicized divorce amid rumors of infidelity (as if most of the CEO's of these sponsors haven't had similar circumstances).
Mike Vick lost nearly $100 million in endorsements after being convicted of something that he didn't implicitly take part of, but happened on his property.
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Barry Bond's couldn't get even one of MLB's 19 official corporate partners to sponsor his chase for Hank Aaron's record simply because he was said to have a "difficult personality."
Ronaldinho lost a $750,000 Coca-Cola deal for simply drinking a Pepsi at a press conference .
And in maybe the worst case of "shut up and play boy" Broncos player Brandon Marshall lost his endorsement with Air Force Federal Credit Union, even after preemptively saying that he supports the military, for joining in Kapernick's protest by quietly taking a knee during a game last season.
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Because Lavar started Big Baller Brand (#BBB) Lonzo, Liangelo and Lamelo can go around telling their dad to "beat every nikka's ass" publicly for the rest of the year and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Because he knows his boys are talented enough to have the system bend to their needs, he can come out and say UCLA lost in the NCAA torunament because of having too many white boys on the team. UCLA didn't threaten to pull the scholarships from Gelo and Melo and Steve Lavin has went on record as saying Lavar is a good father and not a distraction. Because Lavar doesn't have a sponsor, corporation or boss to answer to, he can tell a white woman to "Stay in Yo Lane" on national TV and there is nothing anyone can do but cry like Whitlock and write thought pieces about it.
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This is what the powers that be feared: an outspoken and unabashedly proud black man with a voice on the biggest platforms in sports saying exactly what's on his mind with no filter because he isn't under the thumb of his corporate overlords or to put it frankly the white man. What happens when Lavar, Lonzo, LiAngelo or LaMelo decide to speak on politics, race relations, police brutality or any other issue that black athletes are usually forced to be tight lipped about or tip toe around? They can say whatever the hell they want and no one can do anything about it because they own their business and their brand and with that comes the power that has long eluded black people in the sports world.
This isn't about a loud mouth making absurd claims, or his white wife, or him selling $500 sneakers on pre-order. This about about the man putting in all the work to build a solid foundation refusing to stay on the plantation and forcibly taking his 40 acres and a mule and starting his own farm. Now when they are of age, his sons will have a piece of their own land and won't have to go back to the plantation and beg for a job. I doubt we will see Lonzo auctioning off Lebron jerseys and toasters to pay off his debts 10 years after he retires (Sorry, D. Miles).
Don't miss the message guys and gals. #BBB
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Only on The Coli would some bullshyt like his son acting like a damn fool not only be co-signed, but encouraged. SMH at your entire post breh
#Triple B! (Bullshyt before business)
philmonroe
Superstar
Yes I would but IRL you probably too scarred to ask a stupid question like that so it wouldn't come up. Maybe you right on that front otherwise you just dreaming. Nights really think someone afraid to challenge they silly asses like,they some tough guy not to be fukked with. Please
Damn clown
philmonroe
Superstar
Your mom a clown p*ssy.Damn clown
Behave like 12 year old in the WWF chat rooms brehs.
No wonder you are such a fan of Lavar
philmonroe
Superstar
How would you know? I'm not in wrestling chat rooms bytch. How do,you figure I'm a fan of Lavar because I got on you for,asking a beyond stupid question? What kinda bytch logic is that?Behave like 12 year old in the WWF chat rooms brehs.
No wonder you are such a fan of Lavar
I know because of the pure immature ignorance coming off your keyboard.
If you are an adult, you should be ashamed of yourself.
philmonroe
Superstar
More bytch logic from you. Honestly if you're an adult you take your own fukking advice with bold stupid. No grown man that watches sports didn't know the dumb ass question you asked period. Don't be mad you got called out for it and now trying to play the high ground card. FOH bytch
John Reena
Superstar
Compare nikkaz not supporting SHOES to slavery brehs
Waterproof
Warrior Lifestyle
I truly love BBB....and all of the luxury and freedom it provides for his sons and their branding ...mistakes and all.....but Lavar needs to do a bit of training with his sons on how to conduct themselves on the "main" stage.....branding yourself can be great, but only great if people respect the brander and brandee and want to listen. If the sons have no savvy on the main stage their draw could become extremely limited. Fact is, the kid made a mistake and a few more like that could ruin the brand.....racial epithets won't get play, especially in a society where Bill Mar gets raked over the coals for the same thing(as he should have been). We don't need lamelo ball letting people like Bill Mar off the hook because they're ignorant on the big stage. Imo, this isn't a win for black America or brehs....it's a wake up call that we need BBB to become more sophisticated or they will embarrass us all (as black people) and ruin themselves.........but yea it's cool there's no need for apology....they'll just be stuck to BBB for life cause no one else will touch em' (and I don't know if that's a good thing either)
Negro what scared for?
FWIW, I don't remember anyone ever losing no endorsement for something their kid said.
The point of the thread still stands though.
SHUT UP, NICK
Powerful thread :SNAKESALUTE:+rep
