When a Bump on the Head is Just a Bump on the Head

As George Orwell wrote in Animal Farm: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”  

Within the last two weeks, the reigning MVP of the National Basketball Association, Steph Curry, and NBA All-Star, Klay Thompson, and All-World forward Lebron James, suffered head trauma.

Curry flipped over an opponent and landed on his shoulders and head.  He left the game and received a concussion test. 

Thompson was kneed in the head and left the court, got a stitch in his ear, tried to come back in, but ultimately sat out the rest of the game.

James, was knocked out of bounds and propelled his 260+ pounds of body mass - head first - into the barrel and lens of a video camera, substantial enough impact was made to leave cuts and indentations in his skull that may or may not have been visible from space.

James, did not get a concussion test.  He did not sit out 1 minute of the game after the incident.

Curry is the MVP, Thompson is an All-Star, but Lebron James is, well, Lebron James.  The most equal of all NBA players if not global athletes.  If Lebron James does not feel it necessary to submit to concussion protocols, or even take a five minute break on the bench, then the matter is settled.

And the refs and the league and everyone has to be fine with that, because he is Lebron James.  Even if that is potentially detrimental to his health and well-being.

And that is the problem with big-time moneyed sports.  The biggest cash cow gets to dictate the action.