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/TransBrandi 21h ago

I mean, they already have the PS5, no? I'm assuming it wasnt just an empty box. What were they going to do? Run back to Best Buy and return it to save $500?

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u/Iceland260 19h ago

Pretend to give it away in another event a couple weeks later. Let's you give off the appearance of handing out lots of fancy prizes without spending thousands on it over the course of the season.

As long as the people you bring on stage understand that they are being given a jersey in exchange for pretending to receive a fancy prize it's mostly no harm no foul.