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“Dear RYP Community,” it started because I think there’s an unwritten rule that all apologies must include some use of the word “community.” (Photo by Phillip Faraone/FilmMagic) Run Your Apologized For ‘Offending’ Jordan PooleĪpparently, the site got some flack for their good-natured Jordan Poole knockout promotion because they followed that first email with a doozy of a groveling apology a few days later. Comedy legend Mel Brooks once joked about people falling to their deaths in open sewers, but we can safely assume that he doesn’t endorse this. As far as I’m concerned it’s fair-game joke fodder.īut that’s my take as a person capable of rational thought (I can also play the intro to Van Halen’s Hot For Teacher on guitar). Poole and Draymond even moved past the incident and are focused on the 2022-23 NBA season. It’s also not like Run Your Pool was making fun of Poole while he’s hooked up to a ventilator or eating all of his meals through a straw. That bygone generation of late night hosts who didn’t just parrot progressive talking points and play Scattergories with the cast of Young Sheldon. Alright, maybe not today’s monologues, but Conan, Letterman, Leno, and Carson would’ve gone for it. That joke had less teeth than a late night monologue joke. Plus, they said it themselves they’re honoring him this way! Making a signed Jordan Poole jersey the prize in a knockout pool is pretty funny. Jordan Poole Was Selected 28th Overall In 2019Īlright, so it’s a little ham-handed, but it’s more creative than 99.99% of marketing you’ll ever see. In it, they dared to crack a joke about Jordan Poole getting punched by Draymond Green at a Golden State Warriors practice.īefore we pass judgment let’s take a look at the offending joke. Run Your Pool ran afoul of this in an email to members. Especially if they’re about Jordan Poole getting coldcocked by Draymond Green. Sports pool website Run Your Pool forgot one of the primary rules of operating a business in 2022: jokes are strictly forbidden.
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