NBA
Referee Ken Mauer announces he was kicked out of the league for not being vaccinated
One of the NBA’s most experienced referees, Ken Mauer, revealed in his statements that the league banned him from playing games because he was unvaccinated, citing “religious reasons”.
With the coronavirus having a positive impact on the sport, veteran NBA referee Ken Mauer said in his statements that the league had banned him from playing games and “put him out of the way” because he couldn’t for “religious reasons.” be vaccinated.
As mentioned by the 66-year-old ex-referee “I never believed that my faith in Christ would be an impediment to playing NBA games. It happened not only to me but to others as well. They offered us a one-year contract, but it required vaccination from us. It was a shock because last year, which was more difficult, even in the “bubble”, we had the opportunity to take a test, I had to take a test four times a day.
I’m not ashamed of my decision, on the contrary I’m proud of my faith and people should hear that. I’m no different from other workers out there who don’t want to get vaccinated and are afraid of losing their job. That’s a shame. “There are a lot of referees who didn’t want to get vaccinated but were forced to because they had to pay the bills.”
He is a highly experienced NBA referee with over 30 years of career on the world’s top league soil. He has played 1,717 regular season games and 229 playoff games and began his NBA career in the 1986-87 season.
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