Mark Cuban says Mavericks have a plan to pay hourly arena workers during suspension of NBA season and it will put pressure on other teams to do the same
The NBA took drastic action on Wednesday night, suspending league action indefinitely after news broke that Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert had tested positive for the coronavirus.
While the move undoubtedly changes the shape of the season in terms of basketball, it also directly affects the lives of thousands of hourly workers in stadiums across the league, many of whom depend on packed stadiums to earn a living through the season. Speaking with reporters on Wednesday, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he was working to make sure that hourly employees that were a part of his team would be taken care of through the league stoppage.
"I reached out to the folks at the arena and the folks at the Mavs to find out what it would cost to financially support people who aren't going to be able to come to work — who get paid by the hour, and this is their source of income," Cuban said. "We'll do some things there. We may ask them to go do some volunteer work in exchange, but we've already started the process of having a program in place.
"We feel for the workers mostly — the low-income wage earners that count on working our games," Myers said. "If you're gonna have empathy, have it for them, not for us." With Cuban's announcement, it's possible the Warriors will take a page from the Mavericks book as the situation plays out and find a way to compensate its hourly employees for their lost wages.
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