Sunday, April 18, 2010

NBA Avoids Nepotism


The NBA took action this week by not allowing Charlotte Bobcat's broadcaster, Dell Curry, to vote for the NBA's Rookie of the Year award in an effort to avoid nepotism. Curry's son, Stephen Curry, is favored to win the ROY award this year.

NBA spokesman Tim Frank says Dell Curry will be allowed to vote for all the other postseason awards, but the league did not want to put him in an awkward position with the rookie award.

I laughed when I first saw this. I wanted to believe that the NBA gave full voting rights to people whom they trusted would vote out of fairness & give due diligence to the rewarding. Even in a situation that involves a father & son, Dell Curry's rookie of the year vote shouldn't have been taken away. As minor as the situation seems in scope of other issues, it carries a big reflection on what the NBA protects.

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