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Mar 13, 2020 50 min

Love the Player, Hate the Game?

from The Ubuntu Podcast

In this episode, David, Dau, and Henock talk sports! They discuss their personal experiences with sports as members of the diaspora. In addition, we talk about the larger institutions that dominate the sports world today. We discuss student athletes playing in the NCAA and March Madness along with the NBA and its new project - NBA Africa. As members of the African diaspora, do these sports institutions help or hurt our community at large? Tune in to hear our thoughts! To learn more about what we discussed, check out: The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s last Ebola patient discharged https://www.afro.who.int/news/democratic-republic-congos-last-ebola-patient-discharged Note: As Corona Virus details continue to shift, additional testing could increase the number of reported cases in Africa. For detailed updates, follow the World Health Organization's (WHO) Africa page here on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WHOAFRO NCAA - Amateurism Policy http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/future/amateurism NCAA goes back to court, defending its amateurism rules https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-spt-ncaa-amateur-rules-20180903-story.html NBA, FIBA announce plans for pro league in Africa https://www.nba.com/article/2019/02/16/nba-fiba-announce-pro-league-africa Shortly after the recording of this episode, the NCAA and NBA announced the following updates due Coronavirus concerns: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28893285/ncaa-tournaments-canceled-coronavirus Adam Silver says NBA suspension to last "at least 30 days," then will reassess situation https://nba.nbcsports.com/2020/03/12/adam-siver-says-nba-suspended-for-30-days/ NBA postpones start of Basketball Africa League due to Coronavirus concerns https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/nba-postpones-start-of-basketball-africa-league-due-to-coronavirus-concerns.html

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