The classic blacktop game has been given a new name."H-O-R-S-E." It's a game that any basketball player has played. This year, among the other festivities on NBA All-Star weekend, NBA stars will be seen playing this childhood game.
However, there are some catches to this. The event won't be featured with the Slam Dunk and 3-Point contests, but rather during an episode of Inside the NBA.
What's the other catch? According to ESPN's Pardon the Interruption, the name of the game is being changed to "G-E-I-C-O," in order to get the sponsors name in.
Hey, David Stern. Here's an idea. How about the winner gets a chance to take on the Geico ad lizard to decide the true winner. Or maybe, for his prize, you should give him a googley-eyed stack of five dollar bills.
Here's my thoughts. This is absolutely ridiculous and it infuriates me. I'm sick of seeing everything in sports being sold out to corporate sponsors and businesses. It takes away from the uniqueness of the sports, which include the names of stadiums, fields, arenas, and in this case, a classic backyard basketball game. I understand that the economy is down, and David Stern is trying to do the best he can with what he has, but do we really need to result to this?
Said Tony Kornheiser: "This is so stupid, not even a caveman would do it!"
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Plagiarism?
ReplyDeleteyea, especially the "here's my thoughts" section. total plagiarism.
ReplyDeleteWhat a f*cking idiot and jackass Anonymous must be. You think it's plagiarism? Then link to the plagiarized piece. Otherwise shut the hell up.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.sportingnews.com/blog/firstcuts/entry/view/17092/nba_players_to_play_g-e-i-c-o_not_h-o-r-s-e
ReplyDeleteHappy now??? I'll even copy and paste the part in question so you don't have to check the link.
As in the insurance company that will be the event's unavoidable sponsor. (Suggestion: The winner then takes on the famous ad lizard to really drive home the brand awareness.)
Maybe its just a coincidence? Just sayin, some people read multiple news outlets, so to see something that off the wall and that similar from two different places can't help but wonder right?
That entire piece was my thoughts. I mean, there's only so many ways to say something. I can't help if it sounds similar to every other report.
ReplyDeleteI understand that, I'm just sayin its eerily similar the part about the playing the lizard. That part is not part of the factual story and is straight from your thoughts, but also is found in another, much larger sports blog found on Yahoo's homepage. Maybe great minds think alike and you will be the next blog that Yahoo picks up for all I know?
ReplyDeleteIf you say you didn't plagiarize thats fine with me, I believe you, and I also don't even care if you did.
Once again just trying to give you a heads up about stuff like that. There need not be any hostility on here
The only source I had for this was Pardon the Interruption, which I cited in my post. I'm sure many bloggers who wrote about this made the joke about the lizard.
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