For the same reason everyone does everything. Money.

I’m sick of these entitled thugs. Where is the leadership in their community? Where are the fathers to teach them humility and grace?

Exactly. Equality is not a zero sum game. 

That’s the narrative though. That the elevation of (insert minority group here _______) necessarily means taking something away from the white man. The notion of a rising tide lifting all boats is just elitist livrul special snowflake Obummer PC bullshit. And it makes me livid. 10 times out of ten, these fecking…

As a black guy, it’s not. It might have been a hundred or so years ago, but in my 36 years on this planet I have never heard it once used in ANY sort of way that reaches towards racially-driven.

I work in television on the production end and was actually just at Bristol... The TV compound is nowhere near that stage - if that was Richard Petty he was probably on the other side of the stadium in a truck getting ready for a Nascar tie-in and oblivious to what was being discussed. Sounds like an inconvenient…

Sponsorships baby! Big money for swinging a certain kind of paddle or wearing certain shirts. Also, I’m sure there is some money in it. Table tennis is huge in Asia, for whatever reason.

Right on Mr Page. But why do 360 people think it was clever? I posit that the “with it” deadspin reader would think it was clever ONLY if it was mocking those that actually believe it was racist, and there was no context to think the post was doing that. I feel certain that most people starred it because they agree…

I starred this because your points are all correct. But DudeRudy’s comment is just a joke. I don’t think anyone is seriously accusing NBC of racism.

Because this isn’t a social commentary site. It’s a sports blog with a bit of humor (sometimes good, sometimes not) thrown in. Lighten up.

It was a joke (I hope). It’s just...it’s not that deep.