Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Big Brother is watching you
"Big Brother," in this case, is the NBA and "you" is Mark Cuban. This is, to my knowledge, a first in the history of sports-related fines. It's something that's making the rounds on the web, but I find it too ridiculous to not post about.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was fined by the league for comments he made in his blog. Not even completely invalid comments -- he was criticizing the league for opening it's season on election night! Technically, blogs are fair game as the internet is very much a part of the media. I think I'm just taken aback that we've reached this stage, though, and I don't think this is a case of "assume everyone reads your blog" as much as it is "oversensitivity." Cuban's right: The NBA is no weaker for his worthwhile comments. Obviously, they fined him in the interest of drawing a line in their facist sand, but hey, Cuban always gets fined. Doesn't really matter to him.
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was fined by the league for comments he made in his blog. Not even completely invalid comments -- he was criticizing the league for opening it's season on election night! Technically, blogs are fair game as the internet is very much a part of the media. I think I'm just taken aback that we've reached this stage, though, and I don't think this is a case of "assume everyone reads your blog" as much as it is "oversensitivity." Cuban's right: The NBA is no weaker for his worthwhile comments. Obviously, they fined him in the interest of drawing a line in their facist sand, but hey, Cuban always gets fined. Doesn't really matter to him.
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