What was supposed to be 'a skit' during the Charlotte Hornets game against the Philadelphia 76ers Monday night to spread holiday cheer, ended up earning the Charlotte Hornets ‘Grinch’-like jeers on social media. MORE: www.qcnews.com/charlotte/charlotte-hornets-apologize-after-ps5-taken-from-boy-after-on-court-giveaway/
@@eyden1562exactly, and when it is a skit, it is usually done to an “🐝 hole” character that the crowd can feel good about them looking mad or disappointed. 😬 Not getting a kid’s hopes up for no reason.
a "skit" VERY specifically is ONLY used for comedy. i didn't see people laughing when they took the gifts out of kids hands. so the claim of "skit" is a demonstrable lie. this was an attempt to gain positive PRESS with almost no financial cost. it only blew up in their faces because these people spoke up. if it hadn't blown up they would have probably made it a regular thing of bait and switching the public for positive PR. dont parrot things from companies with no addendum when they cant use the definition right for words they choose.
I mean just think, NOW when some billionaire relaxes in his 8th vacation home he can rest his feet on an extra $500 as he sips $2k whine from his crystal decanter.
@Cmoneybabyy who's they? You speak on behalf of everyone that works for the Hornets? They're all evil? You've gotta be evil to work for the Hornets? Or maybe this is a reflection of your negative thoughts?
Like that dude that hit that million dollar shot at a Bulls game. They searched high and low trying to find a loop hole not to give the guy the money. They found out he played basketball at some Junior college and said because he played organized ball he wasn't eligible and didn't want to pay him. I think it took Michael Jordan actually stepping in and saying he made the shot fair and square so pay him...And they did.
@@jfdracall the fake entertainment that happens at games is cringe. They put this prize segment in the same category as the kiss cam actors that setup some dramatic scenario, but this time it backfired since the boy wasn't an actor lol
@@pkal244 Exactly the only ones who do skits right are minor league baseball as they dont use actors....and dont pretend to be offering more than a local giftcard
Don't forget, this is FAR from the first time the NBA made a promise and then tried to backtrack out of giving someone a reward. Remember The Calhoun Shot? Back in 1993, there was a promotion that offered 1 million dollars to any fan who could make a 75-foot shot through the basket from the free-throw line at the opposite end of the court. Don Calhoun nailed a full-court shot and won a million dollars-plus a hug from Michael Jordan! But the sponsor refused to pay, claiming he wasn't an "amateur." MJ had to step in, and the Bulls paid Calhoun $50,000 annually for 20 years.
Wow the fact that Michael Jordan had to step in and the Bulls paid him his money unfortunately overtime since they still needed money as well but damn that's pathetic on the NBAs part
What promise was this cattle made? He says in his own words they told him before that it would go down like this. They didn't enter a contest. They were presented with an opportunity to get a jersey and he got one. What PROMISE? His confusion is not earned.
It wasn't the bulls or the NBA it was the insurance company and the sponsor that wouldn't pay out. NBA had nothing to do with it, the Bulls tried pushing the sponsor to honor it and it wasn't until Jordan put up money that the sponsor had to do something to save face.
People in this country in the last 20 years think it's okay to come out and do these fake things in front of the public and then do something completely different behind the scenes. The news, politics, sports every f****** company in this country. It's all coming to an end in the Trump era
They didn't "own up to what they did". They acted like it was an unplanned "mistake " that the PS5 was taken back. The uncle was told seconds BEFORE the scam happened it was a scam.....
Why on Earth would they give a kid a PS5, then take it away from them? More so, why did none of their PR division think, this might come back on them big time?!?!
I swear, sometimes it seems like some people don't understand that the internet exists. This is the kind of idiotic stunt a team may have gotten away with 35+ years ago.
So they were pretending to be more generous than they really were..then followed it up by being more generous than they actually wanted to be. Very sad organization! 👎
@@orektezwe encourage them. Nobody should be getting the money that basketball players get for what they do. Imagine a world where an open heart surgeon gets paid less than someone who throws a ball good...
It it were my kid, I would accept their PS5, then cancel my season tickets for the next season. What BS. A multi billion dollar team, trying to play bait and switch for the sake of a few hundred bucks. They wouldn't get my business anymore
@@grayantihero6059 That's the point of the bigger corp... You're talking smack to the good guy, ignoring the BAD GUYS with millions... not people going to a sports game. Wrong lane, bud.
Literally not even pennies. They already had the ps5 on hand. It was a sunk cost at that point. Unless you factor in opportunity cost. Some dude on the Hornets staff must have thought that ps5 could be put to better use elsewhere…like in his office
They get 100's of them free from the people who own Rockstar games because they basically fund there rights to make all the 2k basketball games. GTA 6 drops next year, so all the NBA players and teams will likely get free PS5's new just because of promo. Then get more when 2k26 drops. I can bet those ps5's were just throwaways from just a few months ago when the new 2k came out. But let me not get to realistic 😂😂.
@@sergeant1446 Did they not account for people leaking that they did not actually get the gifts they won? Like nobody thought of that issue. People are going to talk and complain. Corporate greediness
This was done to make them look good. They could give the 'gift' over multiple games and make people excited to come. Either the organization forgot the Internet exists or they are so out of touch with us common folk and expected we would willingly be happy to give it back for a jersey. We should be excited to just be in their presence. This happened to me when I was in the military. At an NBA game i was presented a jersey on the court for military appreciation night. It was just a regular jersey with letters in my name taped to it. I knew i had to give it back. But at least I saw a free game. Way before the Internet. Most likely a common practice by sports teams all over.
@@jessesalinas8534there was definitely an incident like this at a Chicago bulls game where a guy made a half court shot for a million dollars and they didn’t want to pay him. Michael Jordan and others heard about this and made the bulls pay the guy. What a shame..
Why pretend to give them a PS5? There is no reason to intentionally deceive everyone, so why do it? He's absolutely right, everyone would have been just as excited if they offered the jersey.
They probably figured anyone who can afford their tickets probably already owns a ps5. In a weird way, that kind of tracks. Why you buying $200+ tickets and food/drinks etc to a game if your kid dont have a ps5?
Like that dude that hit that million dollar shot at a Bulls game. They searched high and low trying to find a loop hole not to give the guy the money. They found out he played basketball at some Junior college and said because he played organized ball he wasn't eligible and didn't want to pay him. I think it took Michael Jordan actually stepping in and saying he made the shot fair and square so pay him...And they did.
That’s not true and not the same. It was the insurance company that was making the payout who denied it. The Bulls screwed up since organized play including college were clearly stipulated as ineligible but they never even asked him if he played before or did any other vetting. He never should have been on the court. That’s why the Bulls and Coca-Cola said they were going to cough up the cash if the insurance company didn’t since they were the ones who messed up. It wasn’t a loophole.
NEXT>>> They'LL Will SHOW Them GIVING a HOMELESS MAN a BAG of FOOD ..........Then OFF CAMERA , COME BACK & TAKE The FOOD AWAY And OFFER the Guy a Team CAP :o((
Point was to look good in front of the cameras and fans while actually being trash. Had they not gotten caught you can bet they would have stuck to the lie
That whole franchise is full of PR for the camera they never have ambitions to actually compete for a title and constantly lie to fans with false promises to keep them buying tickets and merch!! That whole franchise is run like a ponzi scheme. And hellboy golden army was a great movie
Who's the genius that actually thought this would be a good idea and would go over well? How does someone that dumb actually get a job for a billion dollar NBA team?
There's more to the story, there has to be. Why even buy a PS5 to fake giveaway, who does it go to instead? I'm willing to bet it wasn't the teams idea, but the "spokesman" thought he could get away with it. Also willing to bet that the person that tried to get away with that was a basketball American.
I don’t even know what they were even thinking-let’s bring a kid on the court and have the mascot give him a ps5 during a game. After that, we’ll just take back the ps5 and give the kid a jersey. Who the heck stamps that idea as “approved”? Makes you wonder how many other things in the organization are simply orchestrated much like this event.
nobody during the PR meeting raised their hands to say this was a bad idea? I really want to be in the room with these people who thought this was going to be a good idea, then I want to talk to management about the inept people they seemed to have hired.
I think the organization is definitely wrong for lying to a child and the public. I also know that $500 for a PS5 is cheap for multi millionaires and billionaires. As for your comment maybe millionaires and billionaires being cheap is how they got millions and billions of dollars and why people who aren't cheap have thousands and hundreds. Money management goes a long way to keeping yourself well above the poverty line.
My richest customers are some of the most miserable people I’ve met. Not all of them but most of them. Some people are slaves to money and make their lives revolve around it.
@@Al_reekthey don't save to accumulate their millions and billions silly boy. They opened businesses, made investments, "ventured....capitally" (lol), or inherited wealth.
And that’s why they stay rich 😂😂. Stop counting ppls money.. this situation has nothing to do with the owners and you have no clue the amount blessings they probably give to others. Just because it’s not on camera, doesn’t mean that they’re not giving ppl.
This is why the Hornets are bottom-tier team with a 26% win rate this season. Their owners are too cheap to even provide a PS5 tax write-off and make a kid happy.
@@xijinpooh8210Micheal Jordan isn’t the majority owner anymore genius he sold his shares to Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall last year go find another rich black successful man to try and 💩 on weirdo dude 🤦🏾♂️
Giving out gifts to draw fans. My friend sold me his PS5 for cheap, then demanded I sell it back. I said no & now he not my friend cause he drunk & stupid. Avoid toxic ppl & toxic NBA.
During WWII the Germans would parade American POWs with clean clothes, shaved and show them to Red Cross personnel to demonstrate how well the American POWs fared during their captivity. When Red Cross officials left, the POWs went to the filth and torture they had to endure. I am not comparing the WWII incident with the Hornets but is very close.
Yup. I knew that would happen. Crime Stoppers has rules. You must call THEM to qualify for the reward. NOT the police. And... they keep the money donated to pay it!!! Big. Fat. Scam.
This sounds like some employees pulling a scam. Normally giving a jersey would be what they'd do if that was the whole setup. An employee was trying to rip people off.
It's advertising for Sony. Probably had sponsorship obligations so they staged a giveaway to fulfill that while being too tight to actually give away the product. After all the kid would have played along just for a jersey. I dunno.
Holy damn that is sad, a multi million dollar team is so cheap that they can’t buy mass amounts of ps5s. Kind of crazy to think about they are trying to save money by doing this but will continue to raise the prices of everything and we can’t complain
What even was the point of the skit? This is a mind-bogglingly asinine move by the organization. Especially in light of the fact wasn't the first time a cheapskate team seemingly gave away a fantastic prize only to take it back and face public backlash. It's even more ridiculous given the fact the item cost merely a few hundred dollars, something an NBA team can easily.afford.
@@markmcconnell3159it wouldn’t surprise me if the whole thing wasn’t rude for someone on the creative team to keep all the stuff for themselves. Looks good in front of a crowd, and then the slight of hand when no one is looking. Unfortunately they pissed off the wrong people.
So their marketing campaign was a lie. This was mot a mistake. This is lying about giving gifts as part of a campaign to look more generous than they are.
I’m wondering if the people in the videos are not homeless, but are acting the part just for the videos. To make it seem like it’s authentic. Either way it’s sickening
only when their bull shittery was called out publicly they "fixed it". They care more about their reputation then actually doing something authentically nice. 😒
The apology has always been misunderstood and used incorrectly For example, say you spill a glass of water, you might say hey I apologize Take away a whole ps5 from a 13 yo that word does not fit the situation
The only situation in which it would be fair to pretend to give away a PS5 only to take it back and swap it for a jersey is if that jersey is signed by MJ but I'm guessing MJ had nothing to do with this stunt and it probably wouldn't have happened if MJ knew about it because this was just poorly thought out.
308 million U.S. dollars... That's what the hornets earned during the 23-24 season... 3.3B worth of the franchise itself... You gonna tell me they can't spare 500 freaking bucks to give a kid a damn PS5
Why even offer the ps5 if they didn’t even mean it. In what scenario was swapping the ps5 for a jersey after clearly handing it over to the kid was a good idea for social media or PR. Trying to look like they were really generous when they really weren’t? Not a good look.
Like the guy said, if they'd just gone out and given out some jerseys, that would have been great. I am glad they made it right, but who the heck do they have planning these things?
Damn man that is absolutely disgusting. Hopefully someone gets that kid a PS5. So what do they do? Just keep a PS5 laying around the locker room and never open it? Where did the system go?
so they did a fake giveaway just so they could get some good PR but they never actually intended to give the PS5 away wtf then just dont do the giveaway like how did anyone think this was gonna go well. and then they expected the kids an parents to just be cool with a jersey lol ok kid trade us this cool gaming system for a shirt like yeah no even if they had told me this before hand i still would have made a stink about it. if your giving away a ps5 your giving away a ps5 no bait and switch stuff.
I mean, if they wanted to do just a jersey giveaway, couldn't they have done that on the court? Hornets telling on themselves on how worthless they view their own jerseys are.
This seems to me that was a thing from an employe rather than the team, because this will just be a terrible PR move. I think the employe wanted to trick the kid to get a PS5 for the price of a jersey.
Like the guy said if they would have gave a jersey in the first place the kid would’ve been still just as happy. Instead they pulled that stunt and got major backlash and had to shell out more money to make this whole thing go away.
What was supposed to be 'a skit' during the Charlotte Hornets game against the Philadelphia 76ers Monday night to spread holiday cheer, ended up earning the Charlotte Hornets ‘Grinch’-like jeers on social media. MORE: www.qcnews.com/charlotte/charlotte-hornets-apologize-after-ps5-taken-from-boy-after-on-court-giveaway/
A 'skit' usually implies that the people involved are aware. It doesn't usually involve misleading and disappointing minors.
Can you guys stop talking like assholes?
@@eyden1562exactly, and when it is a skit, it is usually done to an “🐝 hole” character that the crowd can feel good about them looking mad or disappointed. 😬 Not getting a kid’s hopes up for no reason.
Not a good "skit" when you shatter a 13 year old boys night of thinking he just received an awesome gift.
a "skit" VERY specifically is ONLY used for comedy. i didn't see people laughing when they took the gifts out of kids hands. so the claim of "skit" is a demonstrable lie.
this was an attempt to gain positive PRESS with almost no financial cost. it only blew up in their faces because these people spoke up. if it hadn't blown up they would have probably made it a regular thing of bait and switching the public for positive PR.
dont parrot things from companies with no addendum when they cant use the definition right for words they choose.
Billion dollar organization messing with a kid over a $500 PS5.
Sickening.
Seriously
300$ ****
I mean just think, NOW when some billionaire relaxes in his 8th vacation home he can rest his feet on an extra $500 as he sips $2k whine from his crystal decanter.
No, I think the mascot wanted the ps5
Yes, and if they don't want to foot the bill for a Playstation, maybe they shouldn't offer them up
They made it right because of the criticism, not because they felt bad.
FR if it didn’t go viral they wouldn’t have cared. They’re just saving face now
Nothing gets by you
@@Justin-uc8sc Are you upset you're looking the way you do? I'm sorry, that must suck.
@@Cmoneybabyy His "girl" weighs 290 Pounds 😐
did you use a forklift to steal her? 😐
@Cmoneybabyy who's they?
You speak on behalf of everyone that works for the Hornets?
They're all evil?
You've gotta be evil to work for the Hornets?
Or maybe this is a reflection of your negative thoughts?
These nba teams have so much money to pretend to give a ps5 and take it back to give you a jersey is whack
Crazy work
Even at the end, he said that he would’ve been happy if they just gave the jersey first instead of the bait-and-switch.
Dumbest contest ever...who wants to scam kids? This was a terrible idea especially during Christmas season
Like that dude that hit that million dollar shot at a Bulls game. They searched high and low trying to find a loop hole not to give the guy the money. They found out he played basketball at some Junior college and said because he played organized ball he wasn't eligible and didn't want to pay him. I think it took Michael Jordan actually stepping in and saying he made the shot fair and square so pay him...And they did.
Diabolical, in what world did they have a meeting and everyone said "O that sounds like a great idea"
How could they NOT think this was in bad taste? I could see that social media backlash and outrage a mile away.
Seriously. The minute they thought "Hey, let's cheat a 13 year old child." crossed their minds, they should have know exactly what was coming.
Sadly promo departmenmts make mistakes like this way too often and dont think about the potential outcomes
Someone in the marketing dept needs to go. How did they think this would look?
@@jfdracall the fake entertainment that happens at games is cringe. They put this prize segment in the same category as the kiss cam actors that setup some dramatic scenario, but this time it backfired since the boy wasn't an actor lol
@@pkal244 Exactly the only ones who do skits right are minor league baseball as they dont use actors....and dont pretend to be offering more than a local giftcard
Don't forget, this is FAR from the first time the NBA made a promise and then tried to backtrack out of giving someone a reward. Remember The Calhoun Shot? Back in 1993, there was a promotion that offered 1 million dollars to any fan who could make a 75-foot shot through the basket from the free-throw line at the opposite end of the court. Don Calhoun nailed a full-court shot and won a million dollars-plus a hug from Michael Jordan! But the sponsor refused to pay, claiming he wasn't an "amateur." MJ had to step in, and the Bulls paid Calhoun $50,000 annually for 20 years.
Wow the fact that Michael Jordan had to step in and the Bulls paid him his money unfortunately overtime since they still needed money as well but damn that's pathetic on the NBAs part
Honestly I make less than 25k a year and am able to live relatively comfortably. I'd rather take the 50k a year for 20 years over the lump sum.
What promise was this cattle made? He says in his own words they told him before that it would go down like this. They didn't enter a contest. They were presented with an opportunity to get a jersey and he got one. What PROMISE? His confusion is not earned.
It wasn't the bulls or the NBA it was the insurance company and the sponsor that wouldn't pay out. NBA had nothing to do with it, the Bulls tried pushing the sponsor to honor it and it wasn't until Jordan put up money that the sponsor had to do something to save face.
I remember that story I’m glad he gotten his award.
This is so weird. Like a fake gift? They could have just handed out jerseys to start with. Nobody would have blinked.
It all about deceiving the world how awesome they are
@@cats4603 Some intern with a low budget for half time entertainment thought it would be a good idea is my guess.
...or some intern thought they figured out a way to get themselves a free PS5 from work.
It’s a FALSE IMAGE full of FALSE IDOLS. One day people will wake up and see the world for what it truly is.
@@MrJacksspleendamn, I didn't think of that!
Someone needs to get fired for thinking it would be a good idea to dangle a PS5 in front a kid, so messed up.
Frankly points to a culture problem that is set from the top (owners).
How was the kid so messed up? I’m guessing that you left out some words and punctuation.
Everyone involved
@@XploreAz Unless you aren't native English then fair enough but you shouldn't need the word "it's" before so messed up lol. It's a colloquialism.
People in this country in the last 20 years think it's okay to come out and do these fake things in front of the public and then do something completely different behind the scenes. The news, politics, sports every f****** company in this country. It's all coming to an end in the Trump era
Imagine being a team with a net worth of $3.3 billion dollars & still stingy enough to take a ps5 back from a kid
I can’t…this is a new low
Right? That's pennies to them
What's next in their playbook, adopting orphans and returning them the next day?
Sounds like corporate America.
Corporate America. They used up all the honorable methods of profit decades ago. Now, they just steal from children.
They didn't "own up to what they did".
They acted like it was an unplanned "mistake " that the PS5 was taken back. The uncle was told seconds BEFORE the scam happened it was a scam.....
I'm so sick and tired of idiots being in charge, making bad decisions, and having no common sense. It's not that hard to be a decent person. 😠
possibly a DEI hire
For some people (one we all can name) it is downright impossible.
Why on Earth would they give a kid a PS5, then take it away from them?
More so, why did none of their PR division think, this might come back on them big time?!?!
U think these people get hired cause of their brains? All nepotism and equality/ skin color.
I swear, sometimes it seems like some people don't understand that the internet exists. This is the kind of idiotic stunt a team may have gotten away with 35+ years ago.
But hey, hello you.
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So they were pretending to be more generous than they really were..then followed it up by being more generous than they actually wanted to be. Very sad organization! 👎
Exactly, pathetic.
Shrewd.
@@HannibalLector-e8yRight? Devious front office.
Yeah, sods law, that. 😄
They ended up screwing themselves over. 😆
"Never stop pretending"
They only owned up for what they did because of the severe backlash they received
Exactly
have to keep greedy people in line, though really they're already out of line for being greedy.
Well... I think realistically it was some dumb executive, not "the team". I expect that exec was fired
@@orektezwe encourage them. Nobody should be getting the money that basketball players get for what they do. Imagine a world where an open heart surgeon gets paid less than someone who throws a ball good...
After the news segment they took it back again
It it were my kid, I would accept their PS5, then cancel my season tickets for the next season. What BS. A multi billion dollar team, trying to play bait and switch for the sake of a few hundred bucks. They wouldn't get my business anymore
@Plutogalaxy
Need to keep that kid away also. And explain why. He's old enough to understand right n wrong.
If you have season tickets, you can afford to buy your son a PS5 with your own $$. Lol
They shouldn't have anyone's business
@@grayantihero6059 That's the point of the bigger corp... You're talking smack to the good guy, ignoring the BAD GUYS with millions... not people going to a sports game. Wrong lane, bud.
Kid is learning early how the world works 😂
To a point. Most teams would never do this.
Literally 1-2 seats paid for that ps5 in a stadium filled with thousands, multiple times a week, this is extreme penny pinching.
It's blatant cruelty
Corporate America got to eat.
Welcome to the NEW America. (BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION)
It's pretty symbolic of what our oligarch overlords do on a daily basis too
That money going to the owners, while tax payers build him a new stadium.
A ps5 is literally pennies to them wtf
Literally not even pennies. They already had the ps5 on hand. It was a sunk cost at that point. Unless you factor in opportunity cost. Some dude on the Hornets staff must have thought that ps5 could be put to better use elsewhere…like in his office
@@davidlynch5531exactly. He didnt think people would find out??? Lol
Cheap hornets they got millions that ps5 is nothing to them
They get 100's of them free from the people who own Rockstar games because they basically fund there rights to make all the 2k basketball games. GTA 6 drops next year, so all the NBA players and teams will likely get free PS5's new just because of promo. Then get more when 2k26 drops. I can bet those ps5's were just throwaways from just a few months ago when the new 2k came out. But let me not get to realistic 😂😂.
@@passonot only that, they get special edition consoles as well.
I don’t understand, what was the point of pretending these people were given gifts? So stupid.
For tv
Did they think nobody would say anything? Like the parents were going to just keep quiet?
For clout
To increase ticket sales, to make people want to come to games, thinking they'll get lucky as well.
@@sergeant1446 Did they not account for people leaking that they did not actually get the gifts they won? Like nobody thought of that issue. People are going to talk and complain. Corporate greediness
Whoever thought that up needs to be fired. That is the stupidest thing ever, especially in the days of social media. What a heartless buffoon.
The only reason they "owned up" is because of a social media video going viral making them look bad.
This really shows how disconnected the uber-rich are from the rest of society.
No wonder that CEO got popped.
Yes but... It was probably a mid-level manager that came up with this, not the owners. You think the owners review every on-court promotion?
@@larryhammond5907I didn’t even know they had owners
Guys it might be that someone from the lower managers wanted it for their kid. We don't know, seen things like that.
this wasnt some rich guy making this decision, 100% its some mid level manager who wanted to sneak this ps5 into his office
Whoever made the conscious decision to take the PS5 away and not actually let them keep it as a prize should be fired.
Exactly
I wanna know WHO actually made that decision because I GUARANTEE they make Millions of dollars a year or more. Fucking vile.
20 bucks says the person who made that decision was going to take it themselves
@@stevenbeaubien I'm so sick of the pedophiles at youtube removing my comments.
Worse yet, it probably went through several people who didn't think it was a bad idea.
What a joke of an organization.
What would you do
@@AnthonyJohnson-rd1rdI’m going to the news!
robbing children should be punishable with prison time
Robbing? That is a bit of a stretch
This was done to make them look good. They could give the 'gift' over multiple games and make people excited to come. Either the organization forgot the Internet exists or they are so out of touch with us common folk and expected we would willingly be happy to give it back for a jersey. We should be excited to just be in their presence. This happened to me when I was in the military. At an NBA game i was presented a jersey on the court for military appreciation night. It was just a regular jersey with letters in my name taped to it. I knew i had to give it back. But at least I saw a free game. Way before the Internet. Most likely a common practice by sports teams all over.
This whole "skit" doesn't even make sense.
It’s. Lie
Lie. Is.
i have to agree.
makes you wonder what the hell else was fake. the win a car halfcourt shot?
@@jessesalinas8534there was definitely an incident like this at a Chicago bulls game where a guy made a half court shot for a million dollars and they didn’t want to pay him. Michael Jordan and others heard about this and made the bulls pay the guy. What a shame..
@ yeah i remember that one. Dude won it legit.
Why pretend to give them a PS5? There is no reason to intentionally deceive everyone, so why do it? He's absolutely right, everyone would have been just as excited if they offered the jersey.
Optics
It's Trumps new America, deceive for no reason, I mean, why not?
Distractions
L Organisation
They probably figured anyone who can afford their tickets probably already owns a ps5.
In a weird way, that kind of tracks. Why you buying $200+ tickets and food/drinks etc to a game if your kid dont have a ps5?
Like that dude that hit that million dollar shot at a Bulls game. They searched high and low trying to find a loop hole not to give the guy the money. They found out he played basketball at some Junior college and said because he played organized ball he wasn't eligible and didn't want to pay him. I think it took Michael Jordan actually stepping in and saying he made the shot fair and square so pay him...And they did.
Sport organization like TRUMP are experts in gaslighting.
Yep. Jordan told them to pay up and they said YES, Sir Mr. Jordan Sir in about 3 seconds.
Jordan would have given him the PS5 without any tricks if he still owned the hornets.
That’s not true and not the same. It was the insurance company that was making the payout who denied it. The Bulls screwed up since organized play including college were clearly stipulated as ineligible but they never even asked him if he played before or did any other vetting. He never should have been on the court. That’s why the Bulls and Coca-Cola said they were going to cough up the cash if the insurance company didn’t since they were the ones who messed up. It wasn’t a loophole.
Jordan paid him out of his own pocket.
"We kinda ruined live games for this kid, so to make it up, we've asked him to come back to another one!" -people who don't realize they suck
NEXT>>> They'LL Will SHOW Them GIVING a HOMELESS MAN a BAG of FOOD ..........Then OFF CAMERA , COME BACK & TAKE The FOOD AWAY And OFFER the Guy a Team CAP :o((
What was the point on the on court experience, we give a fake gift and exchange it for a cheap kid's jersey?
Point was to look good in front of the cameras and fans while actually being trash.
Had they not gotten caught you can bet they would have stuck to the lie
That whole franchise is full of PR for the camera they never have ambitions to actually compete for a title and constantly lie to fans with false promises to keep them buying tickets and merch!! That whole franchise is run like a ponzi scheme. And hellboy golden army was a great movie
What about the other two kids that were also on the court, did they have to exchange their gift too
@ In the video it said the parents were told they’re return the gifts and get jerseys.
So yes, did they get to keep them after the backlash who knows
PR. And this was utterly disgusting
Who's the genius that actually thought this would be a good idea and would go over well? How does someone that dumb actually get a job for a billion dollar NBA team?
THANK YOU! I have been saying the same thing. The person that made the decision to do this should not be working there.
Im literally thinking the same exact thing wich college educated jabroni really thought this was a good idea
DEI
Absolutely. If it would have been a little black boy I bet he'd a got to keep that ps5 originally @@ThroughMyEyes2020
There's more to the story, there has to be. Why even buy a PS5 to fake giveaway, who does it go to instead? I'm willing to bet it wasn't the teams idea, but the "spokesman" thought he could get away with it. Also willing to bet that the person that tried to get away with that was a basketball American.
That’s why the Hornets can’t have winning seasons lol
Ghosts of Christmas curse
It's insane that they thought it was fine to do that at all.
I don’t even know what they were even thinking-let’s bring a kid on the court and have the mascot give him a ps5 during a game. After that, we’ll just take back the ps5 and give the kid a jersey. Who the heck stamps that idea as “approved”? Makes you wonder how many other things in the organization are simply orchestrated much like this event.
Imagine a company that makes over 100mill probably is to cheap to give a kid a ps5. if you dont want to do that then dont do that stuff
Way over 100mil is the real problem
308 Million exactly is what they make the past season
@@RomnysGonzalez wtf
Oh no we should leave the multi million dollar company alone
@@RomnysGonzalezbruhhh
I bet the employee that took the PS5 back wanted to give it to his own son or nephew or keep it for himself! 🤣
that's exactly what happened.
i concur.
That's what I was thinking lol
100% correct
It's the only explanation that would make any sense. Other than the organization is extremely cheap and extremely stupid.
A billionaire company can’t give a boy a PS5.. GREED IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH 😂
@ sorry was I not politically correct enough for you? Should I use the word “gift” instead? So sensitive 😂
@@randallwinters7387 it's true they don't have to give anything but why pretend that they were giving away a ps5?
The Superwealthy when everyone else is doing ok; 😡
The Superwealthy when your children go to bed Hungry; 😊
(Beyond Greed. This is Evil.)
Why would they even bother to give stuff they do NOT intend to be gifts!? That's insane!
nobody during the PR meeting raised their hands to say this was a bad idea? I really want to be in the room with these people who thought this was going to be a good idea, then I want to talk to management about the inept people they seemed to have hired.
Millionaires and billionaires are the cheapest humans that exist in humanity.
I think the organization is definitely wrong for lying to a child and the public. I also know that $500 for a PS5 is cheap for multi millionaires and billionaires. As for your comment maybe millionaires and billionaires being cheap is how they got millions and billions of dollars and why people who aren't cheap have thousands and hundreds. Money management goes a long way to keeping yourself well above the poverty line.
My richest customers are some of the most miserable people I’ve met. Not all of them but most of them. Some people are slaves to money and make their lives revolve around it.
@@Al_reekthey don't save to accumulate their millions and billions silly boy. They opened businesses, made investments, "ventured....capitally" (lol), or inherited wealth.
And that’s why they stay rich 😂😂. Stop counting ppls money.. this situation has nothing to do with the owners and you have no clue the amount blessings they probably give to others. Just because it’s not on camera, doesn’t mean that they’re not giving ppl.
That's exactly how you become a millionaire or billionaire 😅
This is why the Hornets are bottom-tier team with a 26% win rate this season. Their owners are too cheap to even provide a PS5 tax write-off and make a kid happy.
Joke of an organization. If this doesn't make the city of Charlotte boycott this shifty team, I don't know what will.
Michael Jordan's getting broke.
@@xijinpooh8210Micheal Jordan isn’t the majority owner anymore genius he sold his shares to Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall last year go find another rich black successful man to try and 💩 on weirdo dude 🤦🏾♂️
😂😂😂@@xijinpooh8210
@@xijinpooh8210Michael Jordan does not own the team. He sold his stake over a year ago.
@@xijinpooh8210He already sold the hornets, he would make this right if he still owned it
Giving out gifts to draw fans. My friend sold me his PS5 for cheap, then demanded I sell it back.
I said no & now he not my friend cause he drunk & stupid. Avoid toxic ppl & toxic NBA.
Someone went to college and learned about marketing... then did this.
You gave a Christmas present to a child and then snatched it up. That's absolutely insane!
During WWII the Germans would parade American POWs with clean clothes, shaved and show them to Red Cross personnel to demonstrate how well the American POWs fared during their captivity. When Red Cross officials left, the POWs went to the filth and torture they had to endure. I am not comparing the WWII incident with the Hornets but is very close.
The CEO should fire those who came up with this absurdity. Shaming them? Not possible. Stop attending their games.
Someone should remind him what happened to the last CEO who refuses to give someone what they were promised...
Nah, fire the CEOs . I promise you no CEO gave a shot about treating the kid fairly
Trying to save five hundred dollars ended up costing them a bunch of bad publicity.
This sounded dumb from the beginning. Why would you pretend on camera to get somebody an expensive gift and then come and take it back?
Gives me "refusing the reward money to the mcdonalds employee who called on Luigi" vibes. 🤢
Yup. I knew that would happen. Crime Stoppers has rules. You must call THEM to qualify for the reward. NOT the police. And... they keep the money donated to pay it!!!
Big. Fat. Scam.
That ceo was a monster. Free Luigi!
Why would they take it back? What would they do with it?
Have the company buy it and “give it away “ then personally keep it for yourself!! Then write it off as charitable donation! Nobody will question it!
they just wanted to get some good pr without actually doing a good thing.
i am glad this backfired on them and the kid got his ps5 and a bonus.
Give it to someone in their organization.
they will return it to bestbuy and get a refund.
I will NEVER take my family to another Hornets game.
I was at this game and was so happy for the kid. the hornets should be ashamed
They probably aren't.
Shame that the media has to always get involved for the Hornets organization to give that kid his PS5.
SHAMEFUL
Who's idea was this bait and switch? They need to be fired for such an act. Evil.
Whoever came up with this Fake gifting idea should be Fired immediately.
This sounds like some employees pulling a scam. Normally giving a jersey would be what they'd do if that was the whole setup. An employee was trying to rip people off.
That makes sense too
It's advertising for Sony. Probably had sponsorship obligations so they staged a giveaway to fulfill that while being too tight to actually give away the product. After all the kid would have played along just for a jersey. I dunno.
Holy damn that is sad, a multi million dollar team is so cheap that they can’t buy mass amounts of ps5s. Kind of crazy to think about they are trying to save money by doing this but will continue to raise the prices of everything and we can’t complain
MULTI BILLION. They are worth 3.3BILLION DOLLARS and earned 300M during the 2023-24 season
Then don't go. Make them lose billions. People have terrible purchase power literacy
@@RomnysGonzalezyou said that like they still can't afford multiple PS5 😂 y'all are a joke
What even was the point of the skit? This is a mind-bogglingly asinine move by the organization. Especially in light of the fact wasn't the first time a cheapskate team seemingly gave away a fantastic prize only to take it back and face public backlash. It's even more ridiculous given the fact the item cost merely a few hundred dollars, something an NBA team can easily.afford.
Someone at the low levels of the team organization decided they wanted it for themselves. So they tried to pull a fast one on the kid and their boss.
@@markmcconnell3159it wouldn’t surprise me if the whole thing wasn’t rude for someone on the creative team to keep all the stuff for themselves. Looks good in front of a crowd, and then the slight of hand when no one is looking. Unfortunately they pissed off the wrong people.
How many times have they done this to people who didn't get media attention?
So their marketing campaign was a lie. This was mot a mistake. This is lying about giving gifts as part of a campaign to look more generous than they are.
This is just like what some shady RUclipsrs do. Give a hundred or a thousand bucks to a homeless person, then off camera ask for the money back.
I’m wondering if the people in the videos are not homeless, but are acting the part just for the videos. To make it seem like it’s authentic. Either way it’s sickening
It’s insane how they didn’t fix it until the issue was brought to light
To pretend to give a kid something live like that is just shameful!! Cheap asses
When you think with your bank account, and not with your brain... Even making it right makes the team look bad.
unbelievable-who is calling the shots with this organization?
Sounds like a bum worker wanted a free ps5 and swapped it with a jersey but still had to pretend to give the free ps5 away.. classic
I concur!
Lol the worker wanted to do a little Switcharoo, but knowing this and the publicity it has gotten, the worker is probably fired
Guess the PR guy was gonna take the PS5 home to HIS kid for free, paid for by his company.
Fire him for stealing.
What a disgraceful thing to do!
They pay $356875457885588 to players. But a PS5.... cost way to much. Take it back. SHAME ON NBA...AGAIN!
Right make it make sense. Just plain stupid on the organization
The fact that they thought it was a good idea to begin with is horrible. Never watching this team again.
only when their bull shittery was called out publicly they "fixed it". They care more about their reputation then actually doing something authentically nice. 😒
Ya'll need to realize when we come together we make accountability happen. Bargain together and stand in solidarity.
The org tried lowballing but ended up spending more than they did because of their fiasco
The apology has always been misunderstood and used incorrectly
For example, say you spill a glass of water, you might say hey I apologize
Take away a whole ps5 from a 13 yo that word does not fit the situation
The only situation in which it would be fair to pretend to give away a PS5 only to take it back and swap it for a jersey is if that jersey is signed by MJ but I'm guessing MJ had nothing to do with this stunt and it probably wouldn't have happened if MJ knew about it because this was just poorly thought out.
Just goes to show that those with the most money do things to look decent but are utterly selfish and don't care about normal people.
308 million U.S. dollars... That's what the hornets earned during the 23-24 season...
3.3B worth of the franchise itself...
You gonna tell me they can't spare 500 freaking bucks to give a kid a damn PS5
Definitely! Like it wasn't hard being a Hornets fan in the first place smh
Whoever in charge of media wanted that ps5 for Christmas 😂😂
He prob was gonna give it to his lil nephew or some bs
That's absolutely revolting. Given how much you pay those players, how much tickets cost, all the merch... how freaking scrooge can you be?
Tickets are cheap...its the hornets....lol
PR scam SHAME on the hornets.The world is full of scammers and you just joined the list.
Why even offer the ps5 if they didn’t even mean it. In what scenario was swapping the ps5 for a jersey after clearly handing it over to the kid was a good idea for social media or PR. Trying to look like they were really generous when they really weren’t? Not a good look.
They're about to scam a kid. Aren't you supposed to make a kid happly plus he's your fan for ur team.
Someone on the PR team list their job... right before Christmas too...🤦🏿♂️ ps5 aint even hard to find right now...
Boycotting all hornets games for the rest of my life.
It's Christmas, not April Fools. Who the heck came up with this idea?
That’s messed up…and they only gave the boy the gift because of the backlash… 🤦
He's about to get a full scholarship from Sony, a new ps5 with all the fixings and a GoFundMe
Why did they have a PS5 there to begin with anyway?
Why would you even try to get away with something as stingy as this.
This is beyond cheap 😂
It all deceiving the world how awesome they are
Like the guy said, if they'd just gone out and given out some jerseys, that would have been great. I am glad they made it right, but who the heck do they have planning these things?
Damn man that is absolutely disgusting. Hopefully someone gets that kid a PS5. So what do they do? Just keep a PS5 laying around the locker room and never open it? Where did the system go?
What a goddamn joke of a billion dollar organization...
so they did a fake giveaway just so they could get some good PR but they never actually intended to give the PS5 away wtf then just dont do the giveaway like how did anyone think this was gonna go well.
and then they expected the kids an parents to just be cool with a jersey lol ok kid trade us this cool gaming system for a shirt like yeah no even if they had told me this before hand i still would have made a stink about it.
if your giving away a ps5 your giving away a ps5 no bait and switch stuff.
They must have thought that kids are stupid and wouldn't care or notice I don't get it. Why risk the bad pr for loose change in their pocket.
This is why I gave up on sports stuff a long time ago, it's so corrupt
I never heard of NBA players would give away a $500 console to anyone
I mean, if they wanted to do just a jersey giveaway, couldn't they have done that on the court? Hornets telling on themselves on how worthless they view their own jerseys are.
Especially when LaMelo asks out
This seems to me that was a thing from an employe rather than the team, because this will just be a terrible PR move. I think the employe wanted to trick the kid to get a PS5 for the price of a jersey.
Dude wtf is going on with the world.. did they think they’ll wouldn’t get exposed
Like the guy said if they would have gave a jersey in the first place the kid would’ve been still just as happy. Instead they pulled that stunt and got major backlash and had to shell out more money to make this whole thing go away.
What a despicable thing to do.