The star gamers on Kanye West‘s Donda Academy basketball group won’t be able to showcase their abilities on considered one of H.S. hoops’ largest phases this yr … and it is all due to Ye’s controversial anti-Semitic feedback.
The Scholastic Play-By-Play Classics introduced Donda has been scrapped from this season’s schedule … claiming West’s “phrases and actions violate our values as an organization and a rustic, and what we search to make sure in any respect of our occasions — a spirit of range, sportsmanship, inclusion, fairness and mutual respect.”
The match — which has 5 nationwide places — is a big deal at the highschool stage … and has hosted future NBA superstars like LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant prior to now.
Donda was initially slated to compete on the December 11 occasion in Louisville.
It’s an enormous bummer for the entire roster of youngsters — together with five-star guards Robert Dillingham (who’s dedicated to Kentucky) and AJ Johnson … in addition to the opposite gamers on the squad who’re additionally ranked nationally.
Scholastic Play-By-Play feels for the younger athletes … including, “While we’re agency in our reasoning for this resolution, it doesn’t diminish our heartache and remorse for Donda’s hardworking athletes who will lose out essentially the most on account of Kanye’s actions.”
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Aaron Donald, Jaylen Brown Leaving Donda Sports Amid Kanye West Controversy
“Unfortunately, we can not in good conscience host a corporation based and directed by Mr. West at our occasions.”
It’s simply the newest fallout following Ye’s feedback — as we beforehand reported, Adidas, Balenciaga and CAA have parted methods with him … and Aaron Donald and Jaylen Brown introduced they’re now not repped by Donda Sports.