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>> Todd: FORMER REFEREES TAKING
THE N.B.A. TO COURT CLAIMING
THEY WERE SIDELINED FOR REFUSING
TO GET VACCINATED.
FORMER REFS, JASON PHILLIPS AND
KENNY MOYER ALONG WITH THEIR
ATTORNEY, JOIN ME NOW.
KENNY, N.B.A. AND REFS HAD A
DEAL, IF YOU HAD A MEDICAL OR
RELIGIOUS REASON, YOU COULD GET
AN EXEMPTION.
WHY WASN’T YOURS GRANTED?
>> IT IS SOMETHING YOU WILL HAVE
TO ASK THE N.B.A., WE TOOK PART
IN A 30-MINUTE INTERVIEW.
A LAWYER IN THE N.B.A. OFFICE
INTERVIEWED US AND WENT BACK TO
MANAGEMENT AND CLAIMED I WASN’T
RELIGIOUS PERSON, I GUESS.
MY FAITH HAS NEVER CHANGED, IT
IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE, THE
N.B.A. NOR ANY HUMAN BEING WILL
CHANGE HOW I FEEL ABOUT OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST AND ABOUT MY FAITH
AND RELIGION, I DON’T
UNDERSTAND, YOU WILL HAVE TO ASK
THE N.B.A.
>> Todd: JASON, WHY WERE YOU
DENIED?
>> VERY GOOD QUESTION.
AGAIN, AS KENNY JUST STATED,
SUBMITTED A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION
THAT WAS DEFINITELY SINCERE AND
AFTER AN INTERVIEW ALSO N.B.A.
CAME TO THE CONCLUSION IT WAS
NOT SINCERE.
THEY WILL HAVE TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION.
>> Todd: SHELDON, THEN.B.A. DENI
EVERY SINGLE APPLICATION, WERE
THEY SERIOUS ABOUT EVALUATING
IT?
>> NO, THEY USED THE PINOCCHIO
TEST, FOR 30 MINUTE PERIOD OF
TIME, MY CLIENTS AND OTHERS WHO
WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BE
REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL.
THEY FOUND THEY WERE NOT BEING
SINCERE OR TRUTHFUL, IT IS A
SHAM.
THEY GRANTED NO EXEMPTION
PARSING THROUGH STATEMENTS OVER
LONG PERIOD OF TIME, TAKING A
FEW OUT OF CONTEXT AND SAYING
THEY ARE LIARS AND NOT
RELIGIOUS.
IT IS ABSURDITY.
>> Todd: SINCE WHEN IS THE
N.B.A. THE ARBITER OF RELIGION?
>> I’VE BEEN WITH THE CBA
WORKING IN THE N.B.A. AND I
GUESS I’M BAFFLED, I REALLY
DON’T KNOW, I RESPECTED THEM AND
LOVED WORKING WITH THEM MOST OF
MY LIFE, I DON’T KNOW IF
RELIGION HAS COME INTO PLAY,
WE’VE NEVER BEEN ASKED TO
EXPLAIN OUR RELIGION, ALWAYS
BEEN A FREEDOM EVERYBODY
INCLUDING EMPLOYED IN THE N.B.A.
HAVE ENJOYED AND THERE IS THIS
PANDEMIC OR THIS VIRUS OR
WHATEVER AND NOW ALL OF A
SUDDEN, THEY OFFERED US
RELIGIOUS AND MEDICAL EXEMPTION.
THEY DENIED BOTH.
I DON’T KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT -- AGAIN, PEOPLE LIKE
MYSELF AND JASON AND MARK, THEY
AREN’T FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE
A LAWYER LIKE WE HAVE AND AREN’T
ABLE, WE SPEAK FOR OURSZ AND
OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT WERE
TERMINATED AND PEOPLE ALL
OVERTHE WORLD.
PEOPLE LOOK FOR REASONS TO FIND
OUT OR CLAIM WE ARE NOT
SOMETHING WE’VE KNOWLEDGED IN
OUR WHOLE LIFE, I DON’T KNOW
WHAT GIVES THEM THAT RIGHT.
WHEN YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH
DEPOSITIONS AND GOING INTO A
COURTROOM, THEY WILL HAVE TO
ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND
BELIEVE ME, I HOPE YOU ARE
SITTING NEXT TO ME, I CAN’T WAIT
TO HEAR THE ANSWER.
>> Todd: I FIND IT ABHORRENT.
STIFLING GOOD PRACTICING
CHRISTIANS LIKE YOU WHILE
ALLOWING AND ALMOST SAFRNGSZING
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN CHINA FOR
THE SAKE OF A BUCK.
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