OT Draymond showing his ignorance once again

[Natebishop3]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ns-serving-keynote-speaker-harvard-university

"I'll use my owner, for an example. Once again, 'my owner.' Think about it," Green said. "The owner of our team, who I have a very close relationship with. If Peter Guber and Joe Lacob walk in, I'm going to say, 'Hey, here's my owner Joe Lacob; here's my owner Peter Guber.' [general manager] Bob [Myers] is going to say, 'Hey, here's my owner Joe Lacob.'

"But think about that. 'Here's my owner.' Do they really own you, the person? ... If I walk in and say I'm the owner of the Golden State Warriors and you think Steph Curry, it's a backwards thing."

Green said people referred to Steve Jobs as the CEO of Apple, not the owner.

"But when it gets to sports, it's, 'Hey, there's the owner,'" Green said.

CEO doesn't apply. Paul Allen owns the Trail Blazers. There is no board of directors. He isn't the CEO. He's the owner. The sole owner of the team.

When we refer to Paul or Mark Cuban as the "owner" of the team, nobody is implying that he owns the players. He owns the organization. The players are not property. They can quit basketball and leave whenever they like. They do, however, have contracts for exclusive rights to play for their team, but they signed those contracts of their own free will.

Just another example of making a big deal about the use of a word in the fight for political correctness.

 

[julius]

Yeah, not sure anyone refers to Paul Allen as Damians "owner".

It'd be "Hey, there's Paul Allen, he owns the team"

Never before have I heard someone refer to the owner of a sports team as "my owner "

 

[Natebishop3]

Yeah, not sure anyone refers to Paul Allen as Damians "owner".

It'd be "Hey, there's Paul Allen, he owns the team"

Never before have I heard someone refer to the owner of a sports team as "my owner "

Mostly because this situation doesn't come up. In what scenario does the owner of the team walk in and nobody knows who they are?

 

[SportsAndWhine]

I'm so white I clap when the sizzling fajitas come to the table, so I won't pretend my opinion has any weight... but as a grammar nerd, I would say that it's an interesting mental flip where "my owner" totally is shorthand for "my team's owner", but can turn into "my owner" without any implied "team" if you say it enough. That and, to be honest, NFL owners feel really near the line between the two sides of that phrase...

Again, I'm lily white, suburban, and defer to any and all opinions closer to reality than my own... just thought the grammar and psychology of language was interesting here.

 

[santeesioux]

Espn sure is circling the drain these days.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Wonder if Draymond considers himself his Bentley's slave owner.

 

[barfo]

Bentleys should be free.

barfo

 

[Cippy91]

It’s the new thing some of these athletes do. “I’m not owned by anything whitey don’t you know we were slaves!”

Well uhhh whether you’re white, black or fucking purple that persons the owner of the team. No fucking shit he doesn’t own you. It’s kinda a given but if you love pulling the race card, it’s a great one to use.

 

[dviss1]

If you are under contract, your ass is owned. SFTU Draymond.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

If you are under contract, your ass is owned. SFTU Draymond.

I wish I was owned like that.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Bentleys should be free.

barfo

I didn't peg you for a Sanders Voter. (Sorry, OT)

 

[BrianFromWA]

S&W said it better than I...

"Your lack of grammatical clarity does not impose a relationship whereby you are chattel, and negates the logic of your assumption of that role."

 

[BrianFromWA]

If you are under contract, your ass is owned. SFTU Draymond.

I wouldn't say so. His rights are restricted, of course...he can't play for another team in the NBA or under reciprocity agreements.
But he could very well say tomorrow morning "Eff You, Mr. Lacob, I'm going to draw unicorns for underprivileged children all day long" and there isn't a thing the "owner" could do about it.

 

[dviss1]

I wish I was owned like that.

Right??!?!?!

Most of us would play just to have all our bills paid.

 

[dviss1]

I didn't peg you for a Sanders Voter. (Sorry, OT)

Very silly post.

Tuition free and Healthcare without premiums never meant free. Sanders has said this over and over but conservatives just can't wrap their minds around it.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Very silly post.

Tuition free and Healthcare without premiums never meant free. Sanders has said this over and over but conservatives just can't wrap their minds around it.

You're right, it was a silly post. I regret any semblance of gravitas it implied. I couldn't care less about barfo's voting tendencies, as I'm sure he's similarly aloof of mine.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Right??!?!?!

Most of us would play just to have all our bills paid.

Reminded me of one of my favorite songs the second I read it.

 

[dviss1]

Reminded me of one of my favorite songs the second I read it.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS OF ALL TIME.

One of my Karaoke songs!!

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS OF ALL TIME.

One of my Karaoke songs!!

ME TOO (except the karaoke part)

 

[Hobbesarable]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS OF ALL TIME.

One of mine as well along with Otis Redding, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and The Temptations.

 

[jonnyboy]

Reminded me of one of my favorite songs the second I read it.

One of my favs. Funky as a MF.

 

[crandc]

I loathe Draymond Green as a player, but having actually read what he said, it's not stupid or moronic or PC or anything else. I personally don't agree with him; we often refer to someone owning a business and that does not imply he/she owns the employees (actually I've worked at some places that think they own us but that's another story); still, I can see how someone can feel uncomfortable. Especially someone who is African-American being "owned" by white men. He gave in fact a very thoughtful talk at Harvard.

He's still an asshole on the court.