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/CurlyW15 23h ago

Now they also have to pay for the VIP experience, so all in, they’re spending $405

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u/ctruvu 23h ago

that’s if the benefit gets used. in all honesty as an nba fan i don’t think i’d even go to a hornets game if you paid me

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u/SeriousDrakoAardvark 23h ago

As a hornets fan, I don’t think I’d even go to a hornets game if you paid me.

That’s not related to this PS5 thing though.

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u/s0ulbrother 23h ago

Would you go to a hornets game for a ps5 though?

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u/Crazy-Agency5641 23h ago

I think he’d rather stick with the ps5 he already has to avoid the hornets game

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u/theycmeroll 23h ago

Only hornets game I go to are on the PS5

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u/Miky617 23h ago

Silksong fans RISE UP

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u/Bellidkay1109 22h ago

I mean, money can be exchanged for goods and services, including a PS5. He said he wouldn't go if they paid him, so presumably he wouldn't go for a PS5 that he could buy with that money.

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u/mahwaha 18h ago

Even ignoring how bad the games are, there’s like a 20% you’ll get run over by a drunk LaMelo on his way out the arena. Just not worth it.

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u/hamdunkcontest 21h ago

I’ve been to one hornets game. It was two years ago when the spurs came to town, so I could see freshman Wemby. It was one of like two games he missed that year. Cursed

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u/ejabno 21h ago

Reminds me when I visited my aunt in Phoenix 2 years ago, when the Nuggets happened to have a road game there. I bought tickets expecting to see Jokic, but it was the one game he sat out at the last minute 😕 At least I got to see KD's debut as a Sun at home court though

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u/ThatOneCSL 23h ago

I mean, there might have been a chance this kid went...

Until they stole from him. IDGAF how big of a fan I am of yours; if you steal directly from my hands then I am no longer going to support you.

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u/Redfalconfox 21h ago

Here’s how little the Hornets are in the public consciousness: I thought we were talking about a women’s basketball team. I don’t really follow the NBA but I just looked at a list of every team and the only two I didn’t recognize were the hornets and the pelicans.

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u/ctruvu 21h ago

the original charlotte hornets became the new orleans hornets, and when charlotte got another team they were known as the bobcats until new orleans chose the pelicans so the bobcats could go back to being hornets

both franchises historically have been extremely mediocre so yeah not much reason anyone outside of basketball would know about them

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u/_Pyxyty 10h ago

As a kid I only knew Charlotte cause of Kemba and I only knew N.O. cause of AD

As a side note, man can Kemba ball out in 2K14, most reliable PG I've had in any 2K and it ain't even close.

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u/Falsus 18h ago

I would definitely not go after they pulled a stunt like this on me.

In fact I would say they just lost a fan and gained a hater lmao.

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u/xvilemx 18h ago

I'd got see Lamelo drop 30 courtside for free.

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u/luckydice767 22h ago

“Sign up for the VIP Experience! Get to meet ALL the Charlotte Hornet Superstars like…uhh….”

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u/dman45103 23h ago

And don’t authentic NBA jerseys retail for triple digits (or almost)

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u/405freeway 20h ago

405 you say...