alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoFlavor Flav and Alexis Ohanian help pay Olympian Veronica Farley's rentwww.themirror.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up175cross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmit.online
arrow-up175external-linkFlavor Flav and Alexis Ohanian help pay Olympian Veronica Farley's rentwww.themirror.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmit.online
minus-squareNotyou@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoSupposed to be, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen NBA professionals playing at the Olympics. Why make an exception for them?
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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?