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"Equality" Most Popular Social Justice Message For NBA Jerseys

NBPA Exec Dir Michele Roberts said that "equality" is the the "most popular social justice message NBA players have chosen to display on the backs of their NBA jerseys for the league's upcoming restart," according to Marc Spears of ESPN.com. Coming in second was "Black Lives Matter." Roberts said that as of yesterday afternoon, 285 of the expected 350 eligible players "have picked a social justice message to put on their jerseys while 17 have opted to continue to use their names instead." Roberts said that there also "will be social justice messages on jerseys in languages other than English, including Slovenian, Italian, French Creole, Latvian, Maori, Hebrew, Bosnian and Portuguese." Thunder G and NBPA President Chris Paul "plans to have 'EQUALITY' on the back of his jersey." NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum on if there was anything the NBA did not want written on the jerseys said, "No. There were no bright lines drawn. There was definitely a point of view that we did want names on the jerseys. There is a functional reason to want names on the jerseys" (ESPN.com, 7/8).

CAMPAIGNING OFF THE COURT: In Orlando, Roy Parry notes the Magic arrived Tuesday at Walt Disney World to enter the NBA bubble with "some players wearing T-shirts to promote their recently unveiled 'Get off the bench and in the game' voting-awareness campaign." Apparently, the shirts "have struck a chord with fans." Magic CEO Alex Martins said that the shirts were "made as a way for players to further promote the campaign." Parry notes interest from outside the organization "grew quickly." As a result of that interest, fans "eventually could be wearing the shirts themselves." Martins said that the organization is "looking into making that happen." Martins: "I don't have any specific details about it yet, but because of the demand we're going to do our best to try to make them available" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 7/9).

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