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2715711, And It starts: Austin Rivers disagrees with Kyrie Posted by mrhood75, Sat Jun-13-20 03:44 PM
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2896051-austin-rivers-details-why-hes-opposed-to-kyrie-irvings-stance-on-nba-restart
A bunch of Rivers' points center on money. As in, "With the money that you make playing, you can donate to the appropriate causes" and "young players need the money more than Kyrie."
I find the second point fairly disingenuous, because not everyone in the gets to play: only the play-off teams and those close to making the play-offs. Some of the youngest/least financially set players in the league (like the Hawks) aren't getting a chance at paychecks. And unless a player has a specific clause in their contract (and many don't), then they don't get paid during the play-offs.
Only people that are going to be making real money from this are the owners and the league.
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