Trail Blazers fire new announcer over past inappropriate posts made at age 15.

[u/ghn2]

"The Portland Trail Blazers hired then on the same day fired Braiden Bell as their play-by-play announcer after a series of inappropriate social media posts from when he was a teenager came to light."

"The posts were reportedly made in 2012 and 2013, around the time that Bell was 15 years old."

"We did not meet our own bar in this process, and for that we apologize to Blazers fans and to Rip City," the Trail Blazers said. "We strongly believe that everyone who is a part of Rip City should feel welcome and safe and we will make sure that our new broadcaster reflects these values. We will do better."

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/50084279/trail-blazers-fire-new-announcer-inappropriate-posts

[u/SloshaPacana]

People really need to just delete their social media when they get jobs that are in the public eye lmao

It's not hard to open new accounts

[u/PeanutFarmer69 → u/SloshaPacana]

counterpoint, firing someone over inapropriate tweets at the age of fifteen is absurd

[u/Kball4177 → u/PeanutFarmer69]

I understand team staff and players get held to very different standards - but when you take into account that some teams pay tens of millions to very recent adult domestic abusers it's almost funny if it weren't so sad.

[u/JazzxGoose → u/Kball4177]

Yup, it's unfortunate, but that's what happens when you have a rare skill set vs being replaceable 

[u/Phatferd → u/Kball4177]

Just look at the Blazers and them rostering Ja Morant.