It seems the Kobe Bryant's anti-gay slur may have done more than just insult homosexuals.
After Kobe’s “faggot” slip The Washington City Paper had a story up about the death of the best D.C. prank since Gilbert Arenas pooped in his teammate’s shoes.
You see the Washington Wizards, much like most other sports teams, incorporate the kiss cam to spice up dull moments during timeouts. And like many other teams in the league the Wizards finish with a close up of two players from the opposing team in what can only be an attempt to embarrass the hell out of them. You get it, the opposing team is a bunch of fairies so let’s see if they’ll kiss. Other teams throw in their own variations.
From the Washington City Paper:
“The ambush is sufficiently well established that, by now, it has a bunch of regional variations. In Atlanta, cameras are liable to expand the pool of ambushees to include same-sex spectators who happen to be wearing the opposing team’s jersey. In Oklahoma City, they’ll occasionally show two referees or the local announcers. At one Los Angeles Lakers game, the kiss-cam zoomed in on Dustin Hoffman and Jason Bateman. Who, of course, kissed.”
“Likewise, most players seem to have settled on a response in advance. This year at the Verizon Center, J.J. Redick of the Orlando Magic tried to hide himself under a towel until the coast was clear. Marcin Gortat of the Phoenix Suns stuck his tongue out behind the head of a rookie teammate. And Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics pursed his lips while teammate Kendrick Perkins shielded his face from view.”
But the Wizards decided in January to end the stunt after it received complaints that it won’t elaborate on. I immediately assumed gays must find this insulting because the prank infers that a same sex kiss is something to be mocked at best but there also seems to be a possibility that the Wizards pulled the plug because same sex necking was inappropriate for children (that’s why the D.C.’s WNBA team stopped doing it).
It does beg the question what would happen the first time the same sex kiss was more sensual than funny. And if this video is any indication, NBA fans aren’t ready for that yet.
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