Talking Collusion & Mental Health with Royce White

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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This week, we speak to NBL MVP and former NBA player Royce White about mental health and what collusion looks like, in light of the recent news about Colin Kaepernick's NFL lawsuit. Also, we have Just Stand Up and Just Sit Your Ass Down awards, a Kaepernick Watch that explores the politics of collusion, and a brilliant poem about sports, politics, and race written and read by Tariq Toure.Royce White, London LightningWebsiteHow Royce White Became the Most Important Basketball Player AliveFollow on TwitterZirin, Player Protests Are Not a Spectator Sporthttps://www.thenation.com/article/player-protests-are-not-a-spectator-sport/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: [email protected] | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)—Music: Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | This Girl - Kungs vs Cookin' on 3 Burners | Muddy Waters - LP | Every Single Piece - Redondo Bolier feat. She Keeps Bees | Hold You Down - The Alchemist | Oh No - Mos Def Feat. Pharoahe Monch & Nate Dogg | Organ Donor - DJ Shadow | Hate - Blaq Poet | Earth - MF Grimm | Guillotine (Swordz) - Raekwon | The Wire Theme Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Honestly, this is coming from a mental advocate, so it's not advantageous for me to say this about the mental health community.
0:06.8	But there is no, I repeat, there is no mental health process of evaluation or support that we see in the near future will mitigate the danger of guns.
0:26.6	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast.
0:27.5	I'm Dave Ziron.
0:35.8	This week, we speak to former NBA player Royce White about everything that's going on in the NBA right now with the season about to pop off.
0:38.4	And people may know that Royce White was a crusading voice on the NBA's policy dealing with mental health. We're going to speak with him
0:42.8	about that. But most centrally, I want to talk to Royce White about Colin Kaepernick and the question
0:48.0	of collusion because there certainly, I think, was a lot of evidence that Royce White was
0:52.8	colluded against by NBA owners, and I want to
0:55.4	talk to him about the pitfalls of pursuing that kind of a case against a major sports league.
1:01.5	Also, I've got some choice words about the importance of us not looking at athletic protests
1:07.5	as a spectator sport. Also, I got some Just Stand Up and Just Sit Your Ass Down Awards,
1:12.8	my own analysis of the Colin Kaepernick collusion case,
1:16.5	and an absolutely sick slam poem on sports and politics
1:21.5	from the inimitable Tariq Touret.
1:24.6	But first, Royce White.
1:26.6	Thank you. Tarik Touret. But first, Royce White.
1:44.0	So Royce White. So, thanks much for joining us on the podcast.
1:46.5	Y'all, thanks for having me.
1:47.4	That's always a pleasure.
1:48.5	Yeah, man.
1:49.0	First and foremost, before we get into any of the issues royaling the sports world,
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