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Hornets apologize after pretending to give child PS5 and taking it away off camera - Yahoo Sports (sports.yahoo.com)

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The skit that "missed the mark" occurred in a break in play during the second quarter of Charlotte's game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. The child was brought onto the court with Hugo, the Hornets' mascot, dressed as Santa Claus. After a letter to Santa requesting a PS5 was read out loud, a cheerleader came out with a bag containing the video game console.

The young fan was visibly overjoyed as he received the pricy gift. However, according to an online acquaintance, he was less happy when the cameras turned off and a Hornets staffer took it away, replacing it with a jersey.

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[–] satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That one was not on the bingo board.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

It comes in the 2025 expansion that nobody asked for. :/

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 days ago

nice troll.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 177 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The skit that "missed the mark" . . .

Quit sucking up to corporate America, yahoo sports writer. The Hornets farked up a simple PR event in every way it was possible TO fark up. They baited and switched a PS5 with a t-shirt and thought no one would find out about it.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 113 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And they have so damn much money that giving him the PS5 would have been like you or me flicking a penny to the kid.

People suck sometimes, I swear.

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[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 175 points 1 week ago (19 children)

One of the comments about why

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago

Unfortunately, this applies to 99% of people in power I know of, if they think they’ll get away with it, they’ll do it.

You don’t usually get into places of power by being thoughtful and considerate.

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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 142 points 1 week ago

I might suggest that the kid got a nicer present in the form of a reason to file suit against the team for the embarrassment and emotional distress. Using the kid for a BS publicity stunt is not acceptable.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 131 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Jfc... How much of a psychopathic piece of shit do you have to be, to hurt a kid's feelings like that?! I fucking hate people.

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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 129 points 1 week ago (15 children)

LOL. Cheap bastards. I mean, PS5 is an expensive gift, but not for such an occasion, no?

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 6 days ago

Three. Billion. Dollars.

That's what the team is worth and what it was sold for a year ago...

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