In an interview with CNN, LeBron James and his manager/CEO of his marketing company, LRMR, Maverick Carter, pointed to race as a factor in how the media/public reacted to ESPN's 'The Decision.'
Anchor and special correspondent for CNN, Soledad O'Brien, proposed the question.
"Do you think there's a role that race plays in [The Decision] this?"
James' and Carter's responses, respectively.
James: "I think so at times. It's always, you know, a race factor."
Carter: "It definitely played a role in some of the stuff coming out of the media, things that were written for sure."
The race card is always a tough subject. The validity of hidden racism in cases like these can be examined over and over again with no results. Still, I find agreeing with the comments difficult.
The reality of the "The Decision" is that it climbs the list of greatest public relations disasters in this history of sports, possibly to the top. Brett Favre has encountered the kind of abuse that the media/public can deal out, and that was merely annoyance for Favre making us wait for him every year.
The weight of a struggling ...
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Lebron James and Maverick Carter: Racism a Factor in “The Decision”
September 30th, 2010 by Zachary Stanley Leave a reply »
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