Dana White was caught on camera slapping his wife. The UFC president said there was “no excuse” for the action. Some fighters and even the media made excuses for him.Many mainstream media outlets have remained silent or been particularly lenient with White when discussing the issue.
This sort of thing would never be tolerated in any other mainstream sport, exactly as NBA star and martial arts fan Kyle Kuzma pointed out on social media.
Kuzma, a former Lakers NBA champion and current Washington Wizards leading scorer, has criticized ESPN and the general sports media for how they handled White’s situation.
“A question for the sports media, why are you guys so picky when you blow up people?.Dana White???? Hmmm,” Kuzma wrote on Twitter.
“ESPN’S COVERAGE ABOUT THIS DANA WHITE SITUATION IS COMPLETELY SHAPING!!!!” he followed up.
A question for the sports media.hmm
— Trash (@kylekuzma) January 7, 2023
.@ESPNThis coverage of Dana White’s situation is completely embarrassing!!!!
— Trash (@kylekuzma) January 7, 2023
ESPN executives, who have a multi-year profitable partnership with the UFC, have been mostly silent about White hitting his wife.ESPN Previously issued a statement to Bloody Elbow It looks like he’s washing the situation down by sending a comment to the UFC saying he’s just processing the “distribution” of the MMA leader.
Compared to how basketball stars are treated, it’s not surprising to see NBA stars speak out against uneven press coverage. .
NBA controversies typically dominate the news headlines for a long time, and calls for owners, coaches and players to be cut or fired are commonplace in the media cycle.
When NBA star Kyrie Irving tweeted a link to a movie based on an anti-Semitic book, it aptly got national attention for months, cost him sponsorships, and he was suspended without pay. His team called him “unfit to have anything to do with the Brooklyn Nets” and the media rightly called him even worse after promoting dangerous and horrific beliefs related to the book. Charlotte Hornets’ Miles Bridges is still out of work after a domestic violence lawsuit, and the team doesn’t want a relationship with the player.
Team owners like Donald Sterling and Robert Thurber abandoned their positions after being fined millions of dollars after they were caught making controversial racist remarks, leading the NBA I was forced to sell my shares with the team.
Stephen A. Smith routinely messes with basketball players and personally attacks their characters for the most mundane things like switching teams and taking bad shots (or not). He instead went to ESPN and said, He loves and supports Dana White and wishes him well after this incident.
Yahoo!sportsKevin Aiore somehow felt the need to list “all the good things White has done in this world” when talking about how the UFC president should step out of the spotlight for just a moment. TMZ also continued its UFC-friendly coverage And after White allowed one interview on the topic, he apparently tried to give the UFC president an out and an excuse.
It’s not just the sports media that deserve criticism. Because all the big companies with which White has influence and profitable partnerships also lack the proper response.
Even if they don’t plan to take any action against White, it’s easy for organizations like Endeavor, UFC, ESPN, and TBS to do the bare minimum by condemning domestic violence and all forms of violence against women. I think Instead, they are content to keep quiet and seem to want people to just forget because they are still everything. continue as planned As if nothing had happened.
