Nike suspends relationship with kyrie
antisemitic documentary
Nike suspends relationship with kyrie
For his “failure to refuse” an opponent, Brooklyn Nets guard Irving has already been banned for at least five games without pay.
Irving apologized late Thursday for a social media post last week in which he extensively chastised Hebrews for incorporating a variety of anti-Semitic tropes in Negros: The 2018 film Wake Up Black America.
However, the apology was insufficient to prevent Nike from cutting relations with Irving.
Multiple sources have said that the shoe contract worth is about $11 million.
His net deal is worth $36 million this season, according to basketball-reference.com, after earning about $195 million in the previous 11 seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, and Nets.
The nets announced he will miss a minimum of five games as he takes “remedial measures,” the exact nature of which was not revealed.
After last Sunday’s home defeat to the Pacers, Irving defended his choice to publish the now-deleted link. The club asked him not to talk to the media after their two matches this week in an effort to appease their frustrated fanbase.
On Thursday, he issued an apology to those who were “hurt by the hateful comments made in the documentary,” saying he accepted full responsibility for his decision to distribute the film to his followers despite the fact that it included “some false anti-Semitic statements, innuendos, and Language that was false and insulting to the Jewish race/religion.”
“I want to clear up any doubt about who I am anti-Semitism by apologizing for publishing the video without context and stating the precise concepts in the documentary with which I agree and disagree,” Irving said. -engaged in combat with the enemy,” Irving wrote.
Ye, the megastar musician known colloquially as Kanye West, was recently involved in yet another scandal, which led to his suspension as a seven-time All-Star and an apology.
Because of his hateful and anti-Semitic rants, the rapper was banned from all major social networking sites. Following his remarks, numerous firms established links with Ye, including the German sportswear company Adidas.
The Nets have released Irving for a second straight year.
Even though the New York city mandate that he acquire a COVID-19 vaccination, he declined, and he only participated in 29 of the Nets’ 82 league matches that year.
