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Unchecked: NBA Players Being Tested for Coronavirus is not the Problem

Is NBA players getting tested for coronavirus really what people are mad about? I’d suggest taking that energy somewhere else. After all, Adam Silver is right. Many people started taking this seriously because of the NBA.

When they stopped play, other sports and businesses started to follow suit. That’s just the truth. And Silver isn’t the President, he’s the commissioner of the National Basketball Association. Or as the executive director of the NBA Players Association Michele Roberts put it, "The problem that more of us can't get the tests—and I'm not apologetic about saying it—in my view, that rests at the foot of the federal government.