The Boston Herald included an amusing item in Wednesday's Celtics notebook, reporting that the NBA has asked players and coaches to avoid the usual pre-game handshakes. "The NBA, fearful of the damage an H1N1 flu outbreak could wreak on the league, has passed down an anti-handshake directive," wrote Herald reporter Mark Murphy. "Players and coaches have been asked to greet each other via more sanitary means of contact, like fist pounding, or maybe chest bumps."
Not surprisingly, the quirky news quickly gained traction on Twitter (including, ahem, this guy) and the blogosphere -- but it's not actually true. NBA spokesman Tim Frank quickly denied the report to FanHouse. Democracy reigns, there are no league-mandated terrorist fist jabs, after all.
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This is rediculous!
Maybe they should play without a basketball seeing that everyone is touching it a hundred times a game.
LMAO, exactly what I was thinking....
Arn't those the same hands they touch the ball with?
Then why are you on AOL???
Stupid stupid stupid!!!! And there will be no guarding cause we don't want sweat to get on another player. The stupid swine flu is just like the bird flu its just to scare us dumb Americans to pitch in money to get a shot that cost 25$ a person. Way to take more money away from the low class that can barley get by.
yo thats great guys, ima let you finish but....beyonce had one of the best videos of all time! -shrugs-
I cant believe how crazy the media is getting you! The vaccine for the Swine flu hasnt been around long enough for the side affects to be studied.I would rather get the flu then put that crap into my body. And, even then, there is no guarantee that you wont get it...They just dont know enough about it and the possible long term effects. This strain of the flu has been around for a long time. It's nothing new and isn't resistant to Tamiflu (yet) so that can help decrease the duration and intensity of the virus. I am an RN and work in a busy pediatricians office and I wouldnt get this vaccine until more research is done. I would rather be sick for a few days and build up the antibodies...
Are you kidding me, T?? You are an RN?? And you don't know that an apostrophe is needed to make the contractions "can't" and "hasn't"?? You don't know this?? If you "can't" write above 3rd grade level spelling and punctuation, how are we to take your medical or political opinions seriously?? C'mon, T...you should know better than this. And "side affects"?? It's "effects" and that's another grade school spelling mistake. "I would rather get the flu then put that crap into my body." It's "than" not "then" T. You would "rather be sick for a few days"?? You would rather spread disease to unsuspecting folks like me, and to the innocent children who come to the pediatrician's office where you work?? The innocent children you are supposed to be working to keep healthy?? You actually sound like the lunatic fringe conspiracy theory folks that are heard screaming about the "medical establishment" and "health care companies that are stealing from us" and "crooked doctors that are in bed with the insurance companies" and what-not. Which one are you, T?? Are you part of the "medical establishment" in bed with the insurance companies?? You're not?? You work in a pediatrician's office taking care of *OUR* children. You speak derisively, not to mention like an elementary school dropout, of the medical establishment you work for and are a part of. And still you cash your paycheck every Friday?? How can you do that?? How do you reconcile that in your own head?? And just who do you mean by "the media"?? *This*...right here...*this* is also the media, and you are now a part of it. You write something and it is published. That's the same thing as any TV or radio or newspaper or magazine reporter. *You* are now part of the media. Are you part of the group of "they" that some folks tell us not to trust?? Think about that on your way back to 3rd grade. And try not to sleep through it this time, ok??
And I'll tell you something, T. I got the flu shot this year. And I'm going to get the H1N1 shot when it is available in a couple of weeks. I live in Seattle, I ride the bus a lot, and I get coughed on and sneezed on all the time. I trust the folks who told me to get that flu shot. I don't trust someone who can't express an idea at better "than" 3rd grade level.
Do me a favor, T. Shut up!!
Bernie520
Seattle, WA
=_= this is just crazy...
banning handshakes at basketball games, banning hugs at school for no reason, banning dodgeball just because kids might get "hurt" *rolls eyes*, banning recess for higher grades (which actually makes kids fat and unfocused)... god could i go on. stupid people looking for dumb excuses to ban things for virtually no reason like that. i mean, where's the proof that any of these could cause serious harm? god!
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I've always yawned during the hand shaking ritual. It's absolutely pointless. Just get on with the game we all paid a lot of money to see, thank you.
They really want us to panic over swine flu... err I mean the regular flu with a scary name don't they?
gr8bsn:
Who is "they"?? Why don't you identify specifically the group "they" refers to?? It might help get your message across more clearly. Or do you even know who "they" are?? Are you just guessing who "they" are?? Are you just talking out of your @ss?? I think it's a little bit of all of those.
Do me the same favor I just asked of "T"...
Shut up!!
Bernie Zuccarelli
Bernie520
Seattle, WA
damn bernie chill out
I wish they would go back to just hand shaking. All of this hugging and chest bumping with the opposing team is sickening. Lebron was right, why shake the hand of someone who just kicked your butt? There is a fine line between sportsmanship and total submission.