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Polybius

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15. It's all about the revenue though
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 05:13 AM
11 hrs ago

Replacing them would likely make the team finish in last place, which would tank earnings.

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I'd terminate every single one of them SheltieLover 18 hrs ago #1
That, unfortunately.... cab67 18 hrs ago #2
I guess it would depend on their contracts, but it sounds like insubordination to me SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #3
Nope. They violated their contract. All professional sports contracts state players must do PR work AZLD4Candidate 17 hrs ago #4
That was my thought SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #7
All professional sports contract have clauses about uniforms and doing promotional work for the team AZLD4Candidate 17 hrs ago #8
I would expect such clauses in sports contracts SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #9
This may be true, but... cab67 6 hrs ago #20
What if it was "Pro-Life" PR work? -NT- ruet 6 hrs ago #21
Contracts are contracts. Swallow your pride, do it, then talk about how against it you are AFTER the game AZLD4Candidate 5 hrs ago #22
It's all about the revenue though Polybius 11 hrs ago #15
If course. This is, after all, the United States of Extortion. SheltieLover 9 hrs ago #18
Employees need to do what they are told. MichMan 17 hrs ago #5
cancel the game, not the night amcgrath 17 hrs ago #6
Hire a band and have a concert instead of the game. Then bench the homophobic players on a rotating MLAA 16 hrs ago #11
That's what they did. Wiz Imp 16 hrs ago #12
The Baltimore Bigots? purr-rat beauty 17 hrs ago #10
Baltimore? It's York Pennsylvania. Wiz Imp 16 hrs ago #13
"...he was unable to talk players into wearing the rainbow sleeves." J_William_Ryan 11 hrs ago #14
Ironic to me that the team's name is the Revolution. Prof. Toru Tanaka 11 hrs ago #16
MAHA... Make America Hate Again QueerDuck 10 hrs ago #17
Too proud to show Pride. Too bigoted to show humanity. Change the name from Blue Crabs to "Crabby KKK". Wonder Why 7 hrs ago #19
Apparently it happened last year Shrek 5 hrs ago #23
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