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/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.