{"id":5075,"date":"2015-12-30T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2015\/12\/30\/nba-makes-a-pass-at-gun-control-issues\/"},"modified":"2015-12-30T09:34:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T09:34:00","slug":"nba-makes-a-pass-at-gun-control-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/nba-makes-a-pass-at-gun-control-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Makes A Pass At Gun Control Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Frank Deford<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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It’s an incident largely forgotten, but in 1964, the NBA \u2013\u2013 then a struggling fourth-string major league \u2013\u2013 finally got its All-Star Game on primetime TV, but the players refused to leave the locker room until the owners agreed to negotiate with their union. The All-Stars were prepared to strike on what was essentially the most important night in the league’s history \u2013\u2013 and the essence of their own personal future. But they weren’t bluffing.<\/p>\n

At almost the very last minute, yes, the owners caved, the game went on ABC, and the NBA headed into the big time.<\/p>\n

I was reminded of that the other day when the NBA, players and management together, dared start a campaign against gun carnage \u2013\u2013 emphasizing in television spots that guns are involved in the deaths of 88 Americans every day \u2013\u2013 and thereby effectively lining up against those, like the NRA, who fight stiffer firearm regulation.<\/p>\n

Click the audio to hear Frank Deford’s take on this issue.<\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s an incident largely forgotten, but in 1964, the NBA \u2013\u2013 then a struggling fourth-string major league \u2013\u2013 finally got its All-Star Game on primetime TV, but the players refused to leave the locker room until the owners agreed to negotiate with their union. The All-Stars were prepared to strike on what was essentially the most important night in the league’s history \u2013\u2013 and the essence of their own personal future. But they weren’t bluffing.<\/p>\n

At almost the very last minute, yes, the owners caved, the game went on ABC, and the NBA headed into the big time.<\/p>\n

I was reminded of that the other day when the NBA, players and management together, dared start a campaign against gun carnage \u2013\u2013 emphasizing in television spots that guns are involved in the deaths of 88 Americans every day \u2013\u2013 and thereby effectively lining up against those, like the NRA, who fight stiffer firearm regulation.<\/p>\n

Click the audio to hear Frank Deford’s take on this issue.<\/em><\/p>\n

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