Michael Eric Dyson on the effects of the NBA boycott & the power of players' platform | UNDISPUTED

Professor and author Michael Eric Dyson joins Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe to discuss the NBA as playoffs will resume following the players boycotting several games. Dyson details the impact the boycott has had on the sports world, and the power players like LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo have to influence change in their communities. Plus, Dyson lays out what players can do to influence team owners to take a stand for social justice and criminal reform, and answers whether he thinks the boycott was long enough to make a difference.
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[@godson30032]

I admire Skip for listening to the gems that Dr Dyson was sharing and I appreciate Jenny for not pulling a Molly and interrupting the conversation.

[@superkrabs4564]

I appreciate this comment 💜

[@smoovc75]

God Molly kills me. I can't watch/listen to that show it should just be called Don't pardon the interruption...

[@rafaelcaceres3152]

molly would do something like maybe shes not from this country ? food for thought

[@meridian_james5]

Molly has really changed over the years

[@xomia562]

I’m dying, Skips face when the Doc brought up contracts and Unc making sure he negotiates what he deserves. Lmaooo

[@JustinVaughnthefilmmaker]

That and the Boston tea party thing, we’re pretty dope analogies. He has mastered the art of making the subject relatable.

[@armonieasley3998]

I seen that lol

[@sloppy1hundred417]

"Your product is their body" 🔥🔥🔥 FACTS!!

[@3kmossiah]

Sloppy 1 Hundred The game of basketball is the product. If all the players today boycott forever, the game will still continue.

[@darrenrrothschild]

“When you meet the wrong cop that kills you, all the good cops in the world aren’t there to save you” that hit hard.

[@notlookinforahug]

It would you an emotional beta

[@jimmyearly359]

Said as if Blake didn't have a warrant, resist arrest, and go for a knife...

[@niquandbell6705]

Facts

[@RioAntonio1]

@@jimmyearly359 fake news

[@eternalreign2313]

If only there were a perfectly logical way to avoid the cops good or bad. Oh I don't know, like ... maybe not committing crime? I haven't had to deal with a cop in over 20 years. What's my secret? Hmmm is it all the crime I haven't committed in 20 years? Might be a clue. They never shot me either. How did I ever survive? Did it have anything to do with me following their commands? Nah, it's because I'm white. Derp! I wonder if there's anything Jacob could have done differently to keep that white cop from looking like a bad cop.

[@nigel813]

this is probably one of the best segments on Undisputed

[@notlookinforahug]

Used a bunch of large words and said nothing. He’s a real tool

[@Bigg_C-Nile1]

@@notlookinforahug large WORDS to a small mind!

[@notlookinforahug]

biggcnile1 duuur we got voting things done duuuurrrrr. If you think this man is actually saying anything smart you are a simple fool. He is an agent of chaos and promotes things that hurt blacks. He does NOT love black people.

[@Bigg_C-Nile1]

@@notlookinforahug voting? YOUR PROJECTION is showing AGAIN. Youre the 1 that stated hes using big words. NOT me. So the simple fool here would be YOU. He says NOTHING that hurts black people. STOP IT

[@notlookinforahug]

@@Bigg_C-Nile1 I have two folks... I understand order.. Your type has GOT TO GO

[@tinoharris7380]

He's almost finished Skip...hang in there

[@lh6843]

Lmao

[@branzilla1722]

Racist

[@josephjjenkins1549]

Hope your truly listening and thinking about what he is saying.

[@signsofthetimestvhq1134]

Michael Eric Dyson is 20 percent Black, the rest is adjectives and nouns.

[@GEMINININE-sl4xn]

LOL!!🤣

[@RONBMOA]

MICHEAL ERIC DYSON IS A G.O.A.T

[@elijahnaborne912]

Fr

[@MrJimmy3459]

His debate with Jordan Peterson was pathetic, hes nothing more than a victimhood baiting clown

[@Sn0wyriot]

That dude is a joke

[@RayNagin504]

Clown

[@priscillapersonified]

I love that this show gives air and explanation to social justice movement ✊🏾🖤🙏🏽

[@priscillapersonified]

@@Insert639 nah, this needs to happen. If the country falls apart so be it.

[@Justin-sc7dv]

Everyone who saying they folded would be the same ones saying why don’t they just play boycotting does nothing ,can’t please everyone 😂

[@CC-96835]

Fr. Thank you

[@jamaljones566]

Bruh, you can’t tell me what has been completed through this.....

[@taoman85]

@I Be That I Am That's not entirely true. If they hadn't done that then other sports wouldn't have shut down too. Plus, it keeps the pressure on; not to mention it just happened. We don't know what it's going to do. One of the problems with BLM that opens them up to criticism is they don't have a specific leadership structure. That allows any idiot with a BLM T-shirt that does something stupid to be associated with a movement that is effective and worthy.

[@FITisin]

It would have made much more impact, if the season was suspended. This is trash, if we don't see policy change, or see a ripple effect through laws or legal actions. Can't fool an intelligent man, but a fool is a fool.

[@montis1975]

@I Be That I Am 8o8o8o8o8o8o8o85715363110💥popping A8o8oA8oa8[a8[a8oa8o88oAoAoA8[A8[8O A 8oo88o8oOOO8 OaoooAOP$SS$SA S ASS$S$SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS$S PSDP S S S

[@ST19890]

love the Pig and Chicken analogy

[@godson30032]

I gotta give an egg I gotta give up my life

[@drakeydrake5089]

Damn Dyson speaks so powerful his energy is great

[@jason-zo9dg]

This guy just likes to hear himself talk.

[@josephjjenkins1549]

If the world was a better place for all, he probably would not have to talk as long as he did.

[@Kiarayoung555]

I love when Michael Eric Dyson is on Undisputed, I learn A Lot as a 17 year old Black Woman❤️🤍💙

[@chillyschleemies5026]

You need to listen to Thomas Sowell. One of the greatest black economist of our time.

[@chuyozuna2398]

You need to listen to dr. Cornal west he’s far better than dyson

[@nazinas21]

Thomas A Thomas sowell is the truth!! He went the military and graduated from Harvard.

[@chloechen3831]

Walter E Williams and Larry Elder are great too. If you prefer to listen to younger people, Coleman Hughes and Brandon Tatum are millennials who speak truth to left-wing insanity. And they're lookers too.

[@taoman85]

👍✊

[@emeliodurantheslideshowcreator]

Mr dyson mindset is so powerful.. love this mans Intellect

[@mitchpowers3643]

Every other race is dying in the streets too. The dude was armed too

[@RichiRicheh]

@@mitchpowers3643 As a Caucasian male I have yet to see a white guy shot in the back, let alone seven times on film by police. I have however seen a white dude waving a knife at the police and NOT get shot. There is at this point a clear and repeating issue with police and how they interact with those of colour. Even IF we want to back this up and NOT focus on this incident. Let's look at the one involving Masai Ujiri. As a resident of the GTA I am proud to have him as the Raptors President. Look how he was treated on film and then look at both the response from the Caucasian law enforcement officer directly after the incident and look at the police departments response to the clear video evidence which all but proves that the officer was lying.

[@mitchpowers3643]

Very good points, thanks for that. It just caught my attention when he said black people are dying in the streets. When any color dies in the streets. I think the entire Blake situation was treated fairly by the police except for the 7 shots. No human being ever needs to be shot that many times in any situation. That was the odd part to me.

[@ceejordan9649]

@@mitchpowers3643 but the white guy ran down the street with an AR-15 shooting at people and some how gets arrested with 0 shots fired at him

[@mitchpowers3643]

Cee Jordan I saw the picture of him holding a rifle, that’s all I saw. I’m going to look up that story. I’m uneducated on what happened with that guy. So I can’t really say much.

[@9kevtorres]

wow. this was amazing. thank you professor dyson.

[@jacobhughes5176]

It must be difficult to push a narrative that as soon as the second video came out it completely debunked the entire narrative

[@eternalreign2313]

Which happens every single time lol. It's like people haven't heard of the boy who cried wolf. Hmmm maybe we should wait for the facts before we open our mouths? Oh no wait, "hands up don't shoot" is still a thing even though it was proven a lie by 2 separate investigations, all the forensic evidence, eyewitness testimony, and the Obama DOJ. Yeah I just can't figure out why BLM doesn't get the support it wants. Must be all those pattern recognition racists.

[@MARSMamba]

Wow! Incredible! The great Dr Michael Eric Dyson!

[@derrielwade9406]

Are you a pig or a chicken?Great one Mike.I felt that.

[@reueldaniel4995]

This gentleman mind is powerful

[@joshuawoodard6998]

I love when y'all have Dr. Michael Eric Dyson on the show. He is black excellence in every sense of the word.

[@nbajellytm8014]

He is a race hustler

[@alonw9789]

Black?

[@joshuawoodard6998]

@@nbajellytm8014 That's not true, but people that are unwilling to listen to us in the first place would say something like that.

[@joshuawoodard6998]

@@alonw9789 That's what I said.

[@rubencampos6040]

But he is like 60% white, DNA wise 🤔

[@johnstroud4878]

It would go down in history if they go home for the season. Everybody will always remember who was the 2020 champions. Nobody because they cancelled the season because of police brutality. I think they should do it. And do should the NFL.

[@michaelmangum4767]

Yep and give their checks to black communities too

[@ewayne8519]

Thank you Skip Baylass all that you do i wanna let you i appreciate you.

[@nolimitdrose]

This man dropping knowledge

[@notlookinforahug]

You are simple. Need a father

[@sloppy1hundred417]

Great segment

[@GEMINININE-sl4xn]

Michael Dyson, well informed, very educated. I read his last book. However, these last couple years I been smelling butter biscuits off of him.😔

[@manifestmercy]

So much wisdom exposed here. Love Dr. Michael Eric Dyson!

[@danielb.1567]

wisdom? cringe. more like stupid and misinformation

[@manifestmercy]

@@danielb.1567 ☝🏾 they stay trying 😂

[@wickedcrashgamin2995]

@@manifestmercy you're right that's a lot of knowledge but you can see in the remarks the why we are having these issues

[@theshape7058]

Love hearing Dr. Dyson talk

[@theshape7058]

@formerib 🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽

[@toddgeorge7421]

I've had enough too, I've had enough of criminals commiting crime and leaving the police holding the bag after a legal shoot

[@Bigg_C-Nile1]

WHAT CRIME did he COMMIT to be shot 7x in his back? Ill wait. Think before you type

[@toddgeorge7421]

@@Bigg_C-Nile1 while 7 shots may be excessive, police are trained to neutralize the threat. Now for the crimes Mr Blake committed. 1) he had a few outstanding warrants 2) he was trying to take keys to a vehicle that lead to the initial 911 call 3) he resisted arrest (even if you feel like the police are wrong to arrest you, fight them in court not the street) 4) there was a knife found in the car, and Mr Blake also admitted to having a knife in his possession during the altercation

[@Bigg_C-Nile1]

@@toddgeorge7421 1ST off. a person walking AWAY from you is NOT a threat. NOW for the list you decided to type. 1. They were NOT there to arrest him for ANY warrants. 2. He was NEVER placed UNDER ARREST, so he NEVER resisted ARREST. 3. SO WHAT a knife was found in the truck. WHO dont HAVE a knife, box cutter or tools in their vehicle? STOP it. NONE of THAT justifies shooting a man in the back

[@toddgeorge7421]

@@Bigg_C-Nile1 you're obviously against how the police handled the situation. In your opinion, what should have the police done differently?

[@Bigg_C-Nile1]

@@toddgeorge7421 whats MORE of a threat? A MAN empty handed or a teen with a semi-automatic weapon? 4-5 men with multiple weapons dealing with a man that ended up being shot 7x in the back with a narrative of reaching for a damn knife. All the while a teen kills 2 people & walks down the block with the same weapon used in the direction of cops & NOT 1 cop felt threatened @ ALL! & he even walked behind 1 WITH his firearm. Foh man

[@Chris56076]

Damn this Eric guy sounds so motivational . Im bout to run for president! This guy can motivate a snail to beat a Cheetah in a race

[@elvinforbes6898]

this was a powerful message...

[@williamthomas11]

Real talk

[@carmeloeverhart6377]

I love this man

[@modeo_]

Did he throw August in there?! When explaining men bearing their vulnerability on television

[@ogpetway5147]

This needs more views so they bring him back!!!

[@fredflintstone522]

We ask so much of our athletes because politicians have failed us over and over again!!!

[@reed4884]

Heard about the black man in Georgia? Two white cops almost killed a black man in Georgia, leaving his face covered in blood. This happened days after the NBA protest. How did not playing basketball change anything? I mean, they skipped one game of basketball, now what? The same thing is still going on, nothing changed.

[@Mobile131]

My brother M.E.D!!!

[@elijahnaborne912]

Nothing but facts.

[@hardworker2764]

AX TO THE TREE PLEASE!

[@baileymallchok5755]

This is the best video I’ve seen with regard to racial injustice mixed with sports.

[@jdahighroller9389]

Around 11:00 Doc Dysons tear down of Bruce Arians illogic statement was Herculean!

[@Arizona19844]

Can’t give back something you never had dice.

[@iluvbiggirlz420]

ESPN would never have this guy on. Way to go Skip.

[@WWIE444]

Skip, I see you with your gold chain!!!!!

[@daddyfamlittle6262]

Crying on TV........nah! 😒 Time for strength, not docile and weeping! 🤦🏽‍♂️🤨

[@daddyfamlittle6262]

@drewski5217 No you are sounding moist like these crying bunch of b*tches. We can cry later or out of the presence of the cameras......you do not cry in front of your enemies.....AND T.V. IS JUST THAT!!!

[@daddyfamlittle6262]

@drewski5217 If you came to that conclusion from my words.....God bless you! 🤦🏽‍♂️ Stay hugging and crying. I will stand like a man in the presence of war!

[@kingnaldo4058]

*Skip* objects internally to *Shannon's* next contract negotiations tactic implied by *Dr. Michael Eric Dyson🤔*

[@fanaticphillyfanfanaticphi2854]

This guy is powerful when he talks. And very articulate.

[@fanaticphillyfanfanaticphi2854]

@formerib no apparently you don't know what articulate means or you just can't understand big words it seems like u just don't have the brain power to understand it I guess.

[@jasonadams4838]

Dyson a good orator

[@chloechen3831]

Pity almost all of what he says are false.

[@GridBlackTop]

Michael Eric Dyson up on Undisputed speaking knowledge. PREACH brother

[@ade74030]

NOTHING BUT FACTS !

[@Fidel_Cashflow]

So disappointed that ESPN is running with this "boycott" talking point. They aren't boycotting anything. It's called a strike.

[@joshrichardson8216]

This isn't ESPN

[@toddgeorge7421]

LeBron: I'm gonna boycott the rest of the playoffs LeBron's agent: ok but here's what your bank account is gonna look like if you do... LeBron: ya I'm back, let's win the title!

[@wesmyone9562]

That how bad they look now😕

[@fredflintstone522]

Damn ,Shannon, I need his suit tailor

[@IMoney40]

Talk about it

[@mitchellsoto5141]

SYG AND Castle Doctrine are essential

[@laszlokiss483]

Alot of these people are the very same people malcom x tried to warn you about

[@williammolina8924]

John Homes he hated democrats just as much.. they were wolves in sheep clothing continuously deceiving you..

[@Kingdom_Finance]

Facts

[@ervindhimitri8103]

You get the gold

[@frankie8387]

The boycotts didn’t amount to anything. We didn’t get any tangible change. We been having this conversation for decades. Obama talked the players out of boycotting. Ridiculous.

[@wesmyone9562]

While I disagree with the idea that their less than 24 hours "boycott" was effective, cause I think they forego their credibility, I agree that the system is sick. It highlights an issue that people refuse to see, the fact that the athletes are asked to do a job they shouldn't have to do is a problem.

[@PAYATENTION26]

To all the people who gave a dislike to these WORDS OF WISDOM, I will continue to pray for yall!!

[@RoninBgk]

Don't pray for them Don't pray for evil

[@RoninBgk]

@formerib sure he is. Nice talk

[@RoninBgk]

@formerib my response🖕

[@RoninBgk]

@formerib I don't care. Good day sir👍

[@godson30032]

There was a protest in 1776 I don't know if you heard about it This country was birth from protests

[@cyrusfarsi5718]

God bless you! Powerful words and calls to action from men and women of character🙌

[@MrStac]

word

[@frankiewhite5430]

I wish sports and politics were separate

[@blueninion]

The ratings for both the NBA and ESPN agrees with you.

[@RichiRicheh]

There was never a world where that was true.

[@Pilot317]

Smh

[@morewithles2738]

Try telling this to Donald Trump

[@mikecolin3983]

The strike was not in the plans. The Bucks acted on their own and forced the others to fall in line. That's what is disappointing, they went right back to work afterwards.

[@wickedcrashgamin2995]

Looking at all the dislike you see we still got work to do when people are disagreeing with something simple as talking about the issues

[@eternalreign2313]

Except they're not talking about the issues. They're talking about the distractions, which is all they ever do, and people can't figure out why the black community keeps falling behind. Because people are too uncomfortable to talk about the actual issues. It would be political suicide.

[@wickedcrashgamin2995]

@formerib wow we know where you stand I guess they are not human just ball players and in your view they should shut up and dribble because the killings or the in just has nothing to do with them right this why we should speak about it because it affects all of us and yes it might be a few days but it's getting small results

[@johnfromojai1]

Thanks for having Michael Dyson on; some of the best insights on this subject!

[@daskook2656]

I was with him until he said remove the castle doctrine and stand your ground, he showed his marxists side there, you'll never disarm america or remove the ability to defend yourself and property, and if you try you'll learn what shall not be infringed means.

[@Israel-nb7ip]

Stand your ground has nothing to do with taking away guns. It's about ending the rash of people, especially black men by white people, who are getting shot behind that law because some coward with a gun instigates an altercation then shoots him under the premise that he was afraid for his life.

[@darthphoneix]

Drill Run nobody cares that you own guns, just don’t go around waving and shooting like an idiot, literally dumb gun owners make gun owners look bad, not everybody deserves a gun just like not everybody deserves to drive if they aren’t responsible

[@daskook2656]

It's a non negotiable right, you want em try and take them. I don't agree with what you say but that doesn't mean you lose your right to expression or freedom of speech, you see how rights work?

[@vernewebster198]

Ok then if we keep the castle doctrine then enforce it equally between all races ..... In addition just because you disagree with 20% of what he said it doesn’t mean that you have to throw out everything else.

[@jacobhughes5176]

Barely started the video and I can tell you exactly what he’ll say

[@Mohawkmonkey360]

“Huxtering snake oil pulpit talk” -Stephen Fry

[@tatashady]

I'm glad the NBA players TRIGGERED all the losers in this comment section.

[@RichiRicheh]

I am not gonna lie I am shocked.....some of these comments are outrageous.

[@tatashady]

@NH 28 Too bad for you. I guess you will just have to live with your fear and hate.

[@chriswright470]

Some real good information in this video loved it and the players did more than enough

[@fudgeyou2152]

great show ... hopefully now all the people screaming "this wont change a thing" and "im never gonna watch the nba again" will get it....

[@fudgeyou2152]

@Rene Sotelo i dont think you understand what this is all about. nobody expects racism to magically disappear.

[@kolomo44]

Who cares

[@ervindhimitri8103]

No more basketball if this is the message no more

[@King_Ro_III]

♨️♨️♨️

[@jericoeric]

i bet ratings will take even more

[@q7738]

Love you Doc!!!

[@VikkYB6]

Dr. M.E.D my brother.

[@quentinjohnson5842]

Skip MAD UNCOMFORTABLE

[@KingAmaniImani]

Finally someone mentions Qualified Immunity, finally!!! I've sent it to Shannon and LeBron to mention it but it went unheard!

[@TheKillermike83]

What's the plan?

[@jonathanjackson4202]

Law can't stop lynching. When the lynching are the law or got relatives in the law. They still haven't passed federal lynching law.

[@jonathanjackson4202]

For mental health calls send police negotiators but they still have guns.

[@deshaunbrunson4054]

Man that was moving ¡,,,!,,,

[@damionreid7765]

Powerful thoughts...🙏🏾💪🏾✊🏾💯

[@ineglectedmybrothersfortoo8792]

A wise man once said

[@fuzznuzzler3104]

It always amazes me how black folks never mention how their own communities are under siege by their own people... not the police.

[@mrron1458]

The NBA never "boycotted". The Bucks did not show up for work and that set some things in motion. If players want to "boycott" or strike they would have to be together to have a big impact. Of course they could also do as they see right personally if they choose. That was not this tho

[@eriknewton4656]

i don't think they accomplished as much as people think they did. they can't even be unified in their message. lebron and chris paul were trying to put one together and milwaukee went and completely undermined them.

[@samirmayora8581]

Skip looks tired of hearing of ppl talk about this topic

[@chloechen3831]

I still believe he'll walk next month.

[@cal31BRIAN23]

You do realize that without skips blessing these topics wouldn’t get talked about on the show ?

[@mr.hudnellsr.6875]

POWERFUL

[@ervindhimitri8103]

I wanna see players

[@ervindhimitri8103]

License and registration is the only thing They ask

[@PokeKobe24]

THIS GUY IS MY FAVOURITE

[@PokeKobe24]

@nicolas guzman you had your opinion set before he spoke a word dont lie

[@PokeKobe24]

@nicolas guzman I've seen him on first take a bunch of times years ago. Really enjoyed his takes, and this video was really solid imo

[@fudgeyou2152]

@nicolas guzman "CEO of throwing the whole dictionary at you but not actually saying anything valuable" that means you didnt understand jackshit. thanks for being fair enough to admit that.

[@LobasFavoriteChair]

💯💯💯💯

[@toy302]

Fudge You it means he was a lot of style and no substance.

[@iveyyancy2438]

Awesome commentary, Thanks Dr. Dyson

[@elsinkie6933]

Godfather reference 🙌🏾✍🏾

[@stopitskiiiuuup4006]

You can tell how much Skip love brother Mike because he sit there in silent and soak up all that wisdom! When Mike speak, I be quiet!!!!

[@nne-nneabanobi]

Are we talking about the guy who was violating his parole?

[@417Graphix]

Yeeeah, depending on the neighborhood, that mental health person better be armed too. Probably not a good idea to send a person who can't defend themselves into an unknown situation.

[@ervindhimitri8103]

We Rich

[@leetraviusmckay2919]

Don't talk that talk if you can't walk that walk

[@inthepaint2907]

facts

[@flacko_jody2130]

You got a sad life

[@inthepaint2907]

kung fu kenny lmao

[@TheLuscious]

LeeTravius Mckay Wtf have you ever walked the walk

[@quincydavenport9977]

It’s clear you have never walked that walk