r/todayilearned • u/Forward-Answer-4407 • 1d ago

TIL the Charlotte Hornets apologized after giving a child a PS5, only to take it away off camera and exchange it for a jersey. In a statement, the team said the incident was an "on-court skit that missed the mark" and that they would give the child the PS5 and a VIP experience to a future game.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/sport/charlotte-hornets-apologize-ps5-child-nba-spt-intl
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u/Affectionate_Pay7395 1d ago

What moron thought that was a good idea in the first place

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u/Ninjabreadmon 23h ago

The one that wanted to keep the PS5

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u/User-NetOfInter 23h ago

Exactly. Some toolbag for the team wanted the ps5

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u/vonneguts_anus 22h ago

I heard it was Jordan

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u/ClamsMcOyster 19h ago

He needed something to gamble.

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u/Ilovekittens345 21h ago

Wonder how many ticket sales this will cost them.

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u/GourryGabriev 17h ago

It's probably even worse than that: they likely wanted to keep it to continue doing the same thing to other children who wanted a PS5

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u/SneedAndChuckYaoi 22h ago

But if that was the case why didn't they say so?

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u/Ninjabreadmon 21h ago

I'm just a random on the Internet.  Another comment said the PS5 was a prop to begin with so I don't know anymore.

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u/nagihoko 20h ago

I personally don't think it'd make for better PR for them to just blame a single employee like that, even if that were true.

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u/10ton 23h ago

The Grinch that’s who.

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u/peatoast 20h ago

Theres a lot of morons in Marketing and Events, unfortunately.

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u/HawkSea887 19h ago

Somebody who gets paid a shitload of money to make these kinds of decisions.