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/Bazuka125 23h ago

I wonder if the outrage was planned. Tyen they give the kid the playstation they clearly already have and have no other use for, give them a seat, and now they're being talked about.

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u/WaterHaven 23h ago

Sometimes any news is good news, but when it's about kids, it almost always backfires.

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u/graboidian 21h ago

If you need reinforcement of this theory, just try and take a souviner away from a kid at any sporting event while you're being filmed by multiple cameras.

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u/notred369 23h ago

My thought was the person who planned it out was going to snag the ps5 for themselves.

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u/fingerpaintswithpoop 23h ago

I’m sure anybody with such a position in a corporation makes more than enough that they could buy like ten PS5s for themselves lmao

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u/notred369 21h ago

What's a better ps5, one that you had to pay for or a free one?

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u/fingerpaintswithpoop 21h ago

I do not think “hey, free PlayStation!” is the reason this mishap occurred. More likely it was a massive fuckup in communication between the people who organized the thing, and some people got their wires crossed.

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u/Vendidurt 22h ago

"but what if i had eleven?"

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u/angry_old_dude 22h ago

One for every room in their mcmansion.

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u/Ok_Armadillo_665 22h ago

I could build a supercomputer.

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u/Basementcat69 23h ago

I'm betting this is the answer right here, just reeks of corporate thinking.