Cavaliers Follow in Kevin Love's Footsteps and Ensure Compensation for All Employees During NBA Suspension
By Michael Luciano
While it's easy to feel bad for the multi-millionaire NBA players that may not get to finish out the rest of the 2019-20 season due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event and hourly staff that make up the backbone of an NBA game day experience could be hit the hardest by the temporary pause on league action.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, in a particularly awesome gesture, made sure that those employees are taken care of. Dan Gilbert announced that all hourly and event employees will be paid as if every Cavs game were still taking place.
Well done, @cavs. ?? pic.twitter.com/1n0T8j4NsH
— theScore (@theScore) March 13, 2020
While the NBA has reiterated that they expect to return to action after a 30-day hiatus, the unknown scope of the coronavirus outbreak in America due to a lack of adequate testing could prevent that from happening.
This comes after Cavs star forward Kevin Love announced that, through his foundation, he would be donating $100,000 to support the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse staff.
Cleveland Cavaliers player Kevin Love announced on Instagram that he is donating $100,000 through his foundation to support the team's arena and support staff who have been impacted by the suspension of the NBA season https://t.co/F0BGhHyego pic.twitter.com/QAkK3c5hYw
— CNN (@CNN) March 13, 2020
In troubling and uncertain times, your true character is often revealed. The Cavaliers organization is far from perfect, but this act of altruism is tremendously selfless.