An image of the Warriors’ Stephen Curry from an ad that is the result of a partnership between the N.B.A. and the organization Everytown for Gun Safety.
NY Times (Op-Ed Column): N.B.A. Lends Its Name and Its Stars to Campaign
Against Gun Violence
By ZACH SCHONBRUN and MICHAEL BARBARO
The league is teaming up with Everytown for Gun Safety, an organization that advocates gun control, and 30-second ads will air during a series of marquee games on Dec. 25.
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The NBA (National Basketball Association), now said to be so "alarmed by the death toll from shootings across the country", is stepping into the gun control "debate" with an aggressive advertising campaign in partnership with 'Everytown for Gun Safety', one of the nation’s most aggressive advocates of striking down the Second Amendment.
The geniuses and scholars of the NBA will lecture the Boobus Sports Nuts of America about "gun violence."
From the article:
"In a move with little precedent in professional sports, the N.B.A. is putting the weight of its multi-billion-dollar brand and the prestige of its star athletes behind a series of television commercials