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Chapter 1048 Flicker
How to deal with Rauf?
Louis hadn't thought about it yet.

Things have indeed developed to the worst stage, and how to deal with the aftermath has become a difficult problem for the management.

"what is your opinion?"

Before saying his solution, Louis wanted to know what the above thought.

"Trade him as soon as possible." Kruger said frantically, "The existence of this person has seriously affected our brand image. If we don't handle it properly, it may cause irreparable losses!"

Louis calmed down and joked, "Will it affect the team's market value?"

"It's already affecting, the team's market value has evaporated by 1/20 in a few hours!"

It could be seen that Kruger was really in a hurry.

But Louis didn't plan to trade Rauf directly.

"We cannot trade Muhammad now."

"why?"

"Because there's no need, he's a good player."

"There are many good players, but there is only one good player who will do this kind of thing, Louis, we must get rid of him!"

"Jack, I've already prepared the follow-up work, we haven't reached that point yet."

"You don't know, this incident has a bad impact, we can't risk losing the support of the fans, this traitor must go!"

Louie knew the situation was bad, and he knew the seriousness of the matter.

But things really weren't too bad for Rauf to be irreparable.

At least after Louis calmed down, he knew what to do.

Just have to go with the original plan.

What if Kruger insists he trade Rauf?
Louis thought to himself, he is the president of the team.

"Jack, do you want to run this team for me?"

"I... I didn't mean that."

"So you want to bypass me and direct the management to do things?"

"I will never do that!"

"So I want to keep Muhammad, what do you think?"

Kruger had nothing to say.

"If things get out of control, if the headquarters sends someone to ask, you and I will be in trouble!" Kruger complained, "What is it about that lunatic that attracts you, that you want to wipe his ass?"

"He's my player."

"It's that simple?"

"Any question?"

"Wish you could actually wipe his ass clean."

After hanging up the phone, Kruger thought, no, Louis is not coaching anymore, Rudy is the coach of that lunatic!

But he did not call Louie back on the matter.

Since Louis wanted Paulauf, it would probably be useless even if the headquarters sent someone, unless they planned to kick Louis away.

Obviously, they couldn't make it this far anyway.

Although Louis valued feelings, he didn't insist on burying his future with Rauf. If he really couldn't make money, he would let him go.

Although Kruger wants Rauf to leave more than anyone else, he really knows Louis.

Rauf's desecration of the Stars and Stripes at MSG went viral.

Players in the league who also believe in *** have to speak up.

Hakeem Olajuwon, the most famous Christian believer, did not speak for his comrades: "I don't think he (Rauf) knows what he is doing. I even doubt whether his knowledge of faith is in place. In my opinion, he is a person who has gone astray."

Another comrade of Rauf is the retired Lakers legend Skyhook Kareem.

"He looked too extreme and that usually doesn't lead to good results."

Even Abdul-Jabbar thinks what you have done is extreme, which shows how ill-considered Rauf's actions are.

Other star players in the league have come forward.

Only people like Karl Malone who play in the backcountry can clearly express their position, and others use more ambiguous words to convey it.

Louis believes that now is the best time to rescue.

The rescue method was not to excuse Rauf, but to fight fire with fire.

The league announced a 10-game suspension for Rauf.

Rauf's agent declared that he would do whatever was necessary to defend his employer's interests.

But the final interpretation of this matter is in the hands of the league.

After all, the national flag must not be desecrated, and it is written into the rules to maintain etiquette during the national anthem ceremony.

The person who made the rules seems to have foreseen in advance that someone will make such a move in the future, so there is no provision for the number of banned games for those who violate the rules, and everything is decided by the league.

The league was suspended for 10 games, and the Knicks urgently announced the addition of Rauf's team suspension for 5 games.

In other words, he will be suspended for a total of 15 games.

This is Kermit Washington's heaviest punishment since boxing Tomjanovich, and it also reflects the determination of the league and the Knicks to defend the dignity of the satellite flag.

At this time, the "New York Times" and "New York Post" each published an article with rhythm.

The former dealt a bigger blow to Rauf, and the latter amplified the attack on Rauf's behavior.

It was originally a matter of Rauf alone, and the Post had to think that there was a problem with this group.

Things got complicated, just like the smashing and looting that happened in Los Angeles the year before.

It doesn't matter what caused the accident when those gangster-like blacks used violent means to buy zero yuan.

Now that the group represented by Rauf is AOE, what he did wrong is not important in the face of right and wrong.

Facts aside, is there nothing wrong with the flag even if Rauf disrespected it?Why don't you reflect on what you have done?
The smaller the group, the easier it is to run amok.

Rauf's suspension began, and Louis also banned him from accepting any media interviews, otherwise his team suspension would be added.

Rauf promised Louis not to accept the interview. He also knew that he had caused a lot of trouble for the team. Not accepting the interview itself did not violate his principles, and it could help the team. It can be said to serve multiple purposes.

Rauf's desecration of the flag subsided.

The rest is the battle between the small group and the White Right.

The Knicks' evaporating market value came back, and fans started rooting for the team again, as if Rauf belonged to some other team.

Louis could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

As a time-traveler, Rauf's desecration bears some resemblance to the 2017 NFL flag-kneeling incident.

But what was the result of that event?

The number of viewers has plummeted, major TV stations have introduced policies to allow fans to refund/subscribe in full, the stadium is becoming more and more empty, and the voices of players' protests are getting smaller and smaller.

The massive protesting army gradually understood that apart from the United States, there is no second country in the world that can allow them to get such high salaries, and then they still have to resist this country?
What these rich people with annual salary of millions and tens of millions desecrate and offend are those whose annual salary is tens of thousands but will cover the national flag after death.

As we all know, the NFL audience is mainly white, so this kind of performance art that offends the parents of food and clothing is doomed to die out, and the group that pays attention to the NBA is mainly black.

But this is not true for the Knicks.

In the past few years, the Knicks have driven the enthusiasm for watching games in the Midwest. The record-breaking 6000 million viewership ratings in last year's finals are not numbers that can be supported by the black community alone.

A lot of white people came back to watch the game because of the Knicks.

If Rauf doesn't handle this matter well, this group of people will leave without hesitation.

This is the biggest crisis of this incident.

Fortunately, the Knicks and the league reacted quickly enough, and now the outside world doesn't care about Rauf, only the scolding battle between the two sides.

In the matter of Rauf, the Knicks can cooperate with the league to shape the "correct" historical memory together.

In a few months, Rauf's behavior would be dismissed as an "emotional runaway."

Because he is a fanatical religious person, his beliefs make him have to stand on the field and chant prayers, which conflicts with the league's national anthem ceremony.

Of course, the NBA is an inclusive and open league that allows players to have their own beliefs, let alone prevent players from being loyal to their beliefs.So, they give these people of faith a little special, like allowing Rauf to pray to his Lord during the national anthem ceremony.

(End of this chapter)