We are all experiencing some really challenging times right now as we deal with the coronavirus pandemic that has everyone worried about their health, their employment status, their financial well being, and a whole lot of other things.
Which makes what Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs announced on Wednesday all the more infuriating. The Bruins and their fans should be ashamed of their owner. As a Boston guy who is a fan of the B’s, I’m certainly disgusted by his actions.
Jacobs and the Bruins announced on Wednesday that 68 full-time employees will be placed on temporary leave on April 1, and get one week of paid leave. One week! Another 82 full-time employees will receive an indefinite salary reduction, which has to be stressful for those who will now be getting paid less during these brutal days.
You know how much Jacobs is worth?
$3.3 billion dollars.
Come on, dude. Be better than this. You can afford to be.
Earlier this week we saw Sixers billionaire owner Josh Harris make a similar decision about pay cuts for team employees. He was then rightfully shamed by everyone on Twitter and a few hours later decided to not make those pay cuts.
That was a great win for Twitter.
As I said yesterday, we need to keep shaming these billionaire owners who are cutting the pay from people who need their normal paychecks now more than ever. We all have enough to be stressed about right now.
If you are a billionaire, you should be able to get through this without stealing money from your employees. There has to be better ways to be careful with your money than just taking some away from people who work for you and aren’t billionaires.
For now all we can do is work together to do our best to get these teams and leagues to change their decisions. We all have to have each others’ backs and let these rich you-know-whats know that we won’t let this happen. Because it feels like this is going to happen more and more in the next few weeks.
There’s a lot of bad things happening in the world right now and its easy to feel powerless over a lot that is happening. But we have the power here, now more than ever, to let a lot of voices be heard.
These garbage billionaires need to stop doing this. Let the Bruins know just what you think of Jacobs and his decision whenever you get the chance.
Wednesday’s biggest winner: Joe Buck.
The GOAT broadcaster is making our days a little more enjoyable by doing play-by-play of videos that people send him on Twitter. This one of him breaking down two dogs playing in a puddle is exactly the type of content we need right now.
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