This is AMAZING!!!
New Orleans' Zion Williamson says he is pledging to cover the salaries for all of the Pelicans arena staff workers for the next 30 days.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 13, 2020
In Yiddish, we have a word: Mensch. It means “a person of integrity and honor.”
Right now Zion Williamson is living up to that. Good for him in every possible way.
Update:
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has announced he will pay stadium staff as if games were still going at American Airlines Arena.
Good for him as well.
If I remember right, he’s a rookie. Which means he has a rookie contract (good but not like what a veteran star gets) and hasn’t yet built up a large nest egg.
That makes this all the more impressive.
Good on him!
I heard of another couple of guys who are doing it.
If the players split the cost, each team could pay for everyone it takes to put a game on. I understand it’s in the range of 400 people needed to put on a game.