The NBA is being investigated by the United States Department of Justice over allegations the league attempted to sabotage Ice Cube’s Big3 league, according to TMZ Sports. The league has denied the allegations.
Ice Cube and Big3 co-founder Jeff Kwatinetz have met with Department of Justice lawyers regarding concerns the NBA may have engaged in anticompetitive behavior.
The allegations include the NBA interfering with sponsorship deals, discouraging television networks from broadcasting games, and making arbitrary rules to prevent players from joining the league, despite the NBA and Big3 seasons not overlapping.
The report also claims Big3 officials believe they have been “unfairly targeted by the NBA” and sources in the story say NBA owners have been discouraged from investing in Ice Cube’s league.
NBA spokesman Mike Bass told TMZ the allegations were “not true”.
“We have been supportive of the Big3 since its inception, but we declined to invest.”
The NBA would face a substantial fine if found guilty.
The NBA being desperate is probably made up but the NBA absolutely announced their data showed no benefit to load management.
According to your link, the NBA basically said “Skipping games doesn’t help healthy players avoid injuries.”
/u/DontBanMe_IWasJoking is claiming the NBA said “Resting isn’t beneficial to injured players.”
These are two completely different things.
omg get of my dick dude. its pretty obvious the nba has been doing desperate things. they flip flopping on how all-star game is ran. they are trying to introduce a tournmament mid season to boost viewership.
sorry i didnt word everything per the article
I didn’t say otherwise, I’m just saying you’re full of shit when you pretend the nba said “resting isn’t actually beneficial to injured players”.