Published:
14 oct 2021 18:55 GMT
The New York authorities issued separate decrees that oblige players to be inoculated against covid-19 in order to play matches.
The NBA’s Brooklyn Nets will not negotiate a contract extension with their star Kyrie Irving, who refuses to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, reports Yahoo! Sports, which refers to an interview by sports journalist Shams Charania on the ‘The Glue Guys’ podcast.
Charania explained that the team will not offer an extension of his contract of 186 million dollars to Irving, which, he assures, would be willing to sacrifice “$ 16 million salary next season and 186 million in terms of an extension [del contrato] that will not be offered to you now. ”
However, now the basketball player could lose more than 200 million dollars, according to Yahoo! Sports.
“It’s not about being anti-vaccination. It’s about what makes me feel good“Charania quoted Irving on his Twitter account, who expressed himself in these terms on his Instagram account during a live broadcast. Likewise, the athlete stressed that supports people who choose to get inoculated.
Irving says tonight: “It’s not being anti-vax. It’s about what feels good to me. I’m feeling uncertain … and that’s OK. I know the consequences of the decision I make with my life. … It’s crazy times that we’re in. I haven’t hurt anybody. I haven’t committed a crime.” https://t.co/UMy7I1JZcg
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 14, 2021
At the end of September, the New York authorities issued decrees that oblige players to be inoculated against covid-19 in order to play matches. At the same time, the NBA, which does not consider mandatory vaccination, has announced that basketball players who have not been inoculated against the coronavirus will not charge for those games that are lost for this reason.
