Kevin Love commits $100K to Cavs’ arena staff after coronavirus halt
Mar 13, 2020, 8:11 AM | Updated: 2:56 pm
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was first to identify the people who would be hardest hit by the NBA suspending play because of coronavirus concerns. Soon after learning of the NBA’s decision, Cuban wondered aloud about the arena workers who would be put out of work with no more games to play in the immediate future.
Security personnel, food stand staffers and event organizers would have no more work.
Then, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love became one of the first people to do something about it. He pledged $100,000 to support the team’s arena and support staffers who could be impacted financially due to the coronavirus.
The NBA is pushing back games for at least 30 days, commissioner Adam Silver told fans in a letter Thursday.
How the league manages the remaining regular season and playoffs from there remains to be decided.
Locally in Arizona, Diamondbacks managing general partner Ken Kendrick made a similar commitment to support part-time employees and those most vulnerable due to work stoppages. Kendrick told Burns & Gambo on Thursday that he too would make sure employees put out of work due to the MLB’s coronavirus postponements would be “taken care of.”
“Just like everybody else who is full time, they are part of our family and we owe them the support that they would need to make sure they’re not economically challenged by this,” Kendrick added.