Post by jetstream23 on May 7, 2015 11:51:24 GMT -5
I haven't seen the video but what kind of moron thought this would be a good idea, especially with the increased focus on domestic violence in the professional sports community.
espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/12840542/cleveland-cavaliers-catching-heat-game-video-showing-man-throwing-woman
If the video was just 5 seconds longer they could have had the guy make a last comment, "Now make me a sammich!"
espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/12840542/cleveland-cavaliers-catching-heat-game-video-showing-man-throwing-woman
CLEVELAND -- The Cavaliers are being criticized on social networks for playing a video during Wednesday night's playoff game that showed a man throwing a woman across a room for wearing a Chicago Bulls T-shirt.
During the Cavs' 106-91 victory against Chicago, the team showed a video on its large scoreboard spoofing a popular TV commercial in which a couple falls while attempting the famous lift from "Dirty Dancing." In the Cavs' in-arena promotion, the male Cavs fan lifts his partner then tosses her over a sofa, saying: "Bulls fan? I didn't know you were a Bulls fan."
An announcer then says: "When it's playoff basketball time, you have to be all-in. Don't make the same mistake she made."
Later, the woman is shown holding an ice pack on her head and saying, "Well, I'm all-in now," a nod to Cleveland's playoff motto.
A Cavaliers spokesman said the team would comment on the video later Thursday.
During the Cavs' 106-91 victory against Chicago, the team showed a video on its large scoreboard spoofing a popular TV commercial in which a couple falls while attempting the famous lift from "Dirty Dancing." In the Cavs' in-arena promotion, the male Cavs fan lifts his partner then tosses her over a sofa, saying: "Bulls fan? I didn't know you were a Bulls fan."
An announcer then says: "When it's playoff basketball time, you have to be all-in. Don't make the same mistake she made."
Later, the woman is shown holding an ice pack on her head and saying, "Well, I'm all-in now," a nod to Cleveland's playoff motto.
A Cavaliers spokesman said the team would comment on the video later Thursday.
If the video was just 5 seconds longer they could have had the guy make a last comment, "Now make me a sammich!"
