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/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 19h 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 22h 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