{"id":20380,"date":"2019-06-28T19:52:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T19:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2019\/06\/28\/toronto-removed-basketball-hoops-from-parks-every-day-then-a-tweet-called-it-out\/"},"modified":"2019-06-28T19:52:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T19:52:47","slug":"toronto-removed-basketball-hoops-from-parks-every-day-then-a-tweet-called-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/toronto-removed-basketball-hoops-from-parks-every-day-then-a-tweet-called-it-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Removed Basketball Hoops From Parks Every Day. Then A Tweet Called It Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n City workers in Toronto removed basketball hoops each evening from some city parks because of noise complaints. After an outcry, the city says the rims will stay up.<\/p>\n


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The Toronto Raptors won the NBA Championship<\/a> earlier this month, and the team’s thrilling run has boosted the city’s excitement about basketball to a new level. <\/p>\n

But you wouldn’t know it, watching a video<\/a> posted this week of a Toronto city worker removing a basketball hoop from an outdoor court at one of the city’s parks.<\/p>\n

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Absolutely sickening display @cityoftoronto<\/a> let the kids play!!! pic.twitter.com\/myjsOvZEc0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mitch Robson (@_mitchrobson) June 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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As a child dribbles a ball on a gorgeous sunny day, the worker takes down the rims, leaving nothing but backboard. <\/p>\n

A young man assures the camera that even without the hoops, “I can have just as much fun out here.” He goes in for the layup … but there’s nowhere to put the ball. It ricochets off the backboard. <\/p>\n

The hoops’ removal wasn’t a one-off, captured by chance: It was policy. For years, city workers have removed the hoops each evening from some Toronto parks, in response to noise complaints from neighbors.<\/p>\n

City spokesperson Brad Ross told Toronto’s Star newspaper<\/a> that crews “would make their way to various parkettes … and remove the nets and replace them the next day to mitigate noise complaints.”<\/p>\n