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Hornets apologize after pretending to give child PS5 and taking it away off camera - Yahoo Sports (sports.yahoo.com)

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The skit that "missed the mark" occurred in a break in play during the second quarter of Charlotte's game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. The child was brought onto the court with Hugo, the Hornets' mascot, dressed as Santa Claus. After a letter to Santa requesting a PS5 was read out loud, a cheerleader came out with a bag containing the video game console.

The young fan was visibly overjoyed as he received the pricy gift. However, according to an online acquaintance, he was less happy when the cameras turned off and a Hornets staffer took it away, replacing it with a jersey.

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[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Certain headlines get really funny if you pretend sports don't exist.

Or, in my case for this particular situation, if you are a foreigner and are missing a lot of context for American Sports.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The writer of this article is definitely a hornet.

The skit that "missed the mark"

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago

https://xkcd.com/1530/

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 177 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The skit that "missed the mark" . . .

Quit sucking up to corporate America, yahoo sports writer. The Hornets farked up a simple PR event in every way it was possible TO fark up. They baited and switched a PS5 with a t-shirt and thought no one would find out about it.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 113 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And they have so damn much money that giving him the PS5 would have been like you or me flicking a penny to the kid.

People suck sometimes, I swear.

[+] Empricorn@feddit.nl -6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

No offense, but that's the wrong take here. "People" (as in The People, or the majority) didn't do this, a giant 3 billion dollar organization did. Sure, it's composed of people, but this is unregulated capitalism run amok...

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nah. There was a meeting of actual humans who got together and decided to trick a child hoping no one would notice. Said meeting likely cost more than the said console did in salaries, too.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Edited to clarify. Most people wouldn't do this. Get a group of randos off the street and they wouldn't do this to a child.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

I just think we shouldn't shield these evil people by pretending it's "the business" doing it. It's humans. Really really shitty humans, but they made the decision to do this to a kid, on camera, thinking it wouldn't immediately backfire in this age of social media.

So not only are they assholes, but also fucking stupid.

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[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 175 points 1 week ago (19 children)

One of the comments about why

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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 142 points 1 week ago

I might suggest that the kid got a nicer present in the form of a reason to file suit against the team for the embarrassment and emotional distress. Using the kid for a BS publicity stunt is not acceptable.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 131 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Jfc... How much of a psychopathic piece of shit do you have to be, to hurt a kid's feelings like that?! I fucking hate people.

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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 129 points 1 week ago (15 children)

LOL. Cheap bastards. I mean, PS5 is an expensive gift, but not for such an occasion, no?

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 6 days ago

Three. Billion. Dollars.

That's what the team is worth and what it was sold for a year ago...

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 107 points 1 week ago (5 children)

This means there was at least one meeting where this plan was discussed and approved by multiple staffers who have jobs and salaries and manage to find their way to work and back home at night.

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