xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:RakimAbdulJabar wrote:Why should the journalists/beat writer bring this up?
That’s just strange, it has no business being discussed or brought up to Leonard.
His job is to play basketball, how is it fair or in any way ethical to bring up that subject if you’re a beat writer for the team?
This information is really unhelpful to the general public, there was no need for anyone to know the person involved was related to him, how is that in any way relevant? I’m not a fan of punishing the family when someone does something like this unless they’re involved which he clearly isn’t
I haven't seen anyone punish Leonard at all?
They simply mentioned she is Leonard's sister. Stuff like that is just basic reporting.
You’ve missed my point, which is there’s absolutely no reason to mention that she’s his sister, why does the reader need that information?
I didn’t think I had to expand on it but maybe it wasn’t clear so I will. When I mentioned punishing the family it very simply comes down to
1. Having your name publicly associated with such an act
2. The potential for messed up fans to say some stupid things to ‘trash talk’ him in this regard.
Unfortunately we’ve seen it too many times with some fans not respecting the lines of trash talk and by making this connection you’re potentially creating an unnecessary scenario where a fan crosses that line.
I don’t see any benefit whatsoever to providing such information to the public.