This has to be the worst promotion ever.
By Amber
@AmbiePam (119534)
United States
March 10, 2026 7:21am CST
I can just see the guys here reading this and snickering, while most women would be genuinely put off. A lot of you are familiar with the NBA. It has the best basketball players in the world. There are 30 teams, and one team is called the Atlanta Hawks. Well, like most professional sports teams, the Hawks decided to have a special promotion. Unlike most sports teams, they chose to honor an infamous strip club located in Atlanta. A strip club that once hung a Hawks player’s jersey from their “rafters”.
This strip club is famous and attracts not just pro basketball players, but also football, baseball, and soccer stars that visit Atlanta. The Hawks said they wanted to celebrate such an important presence in the community.
Enough concern from sponsors, other teams, fans, and community members was expressed that the NBA commissioner finally told the Hawks to cancel that promotion. So they did. Personally, I cannot fathom planning a night to honor a strip club. Especially in such a family friendly environment. It’s just so stupid.
Have you guys heard of any other bad promotions?
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@thislittlepennyearns (68065)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
11 Mar
Strip clubs give me the heebie jeebies. I’ve been to three ever in my life. And one was for a bible study.
So that’s was an experience. I should tell that story.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68065)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
11 Mar
@AmbiePam you know what I think is weird about strip clubs. The fact that some of them serve food.
Why would you want to eat in a place like that.
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@toniganzon (76928)
• Philippines
11 Mar
Didn't hear that news but I will ask my son about it.
That's really a bad promotion.
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@FourWalls (86058)
• United States
10 Mar
That “Disco Demolition” night at Comisky Park in Chicago back in 1979 didn’t go over too well.
It may or may not surprise you that Atlanta is also the home of the infamous 1977 “wet t-shirt night” promotion by the Braves for a baseball game. 
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@LindaOHio (221334)
• United States
11 Mar
I'm glad they canceled. I don't know of any other bad promotions.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
10 Mar
I can't fathom it either. What were they thinking?
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@snowy22315 (207776)
• United States
10 Mar
Oh brother, yeah really family friendly there, not. I can think of some misleading ones..but not actually bad, not at the moment anyway.
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@xstitcher (38840)
• Petaluma, California
10 Mar
Not a sports or basketball fan, but talk about bad taste. 
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@Shivram59 (49728)
• India
10 Mar
Basket ball is played in our country..But I love football and hockey . We don't have a basketball team in our town. Nor have I ever seen a basketball match.
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@thedevilinme (5199)
• Northampton, England
11 Mar
I saw that chap get 83 points. The record is 100, truly absurd
@MarieCoyle (58323)
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10 Mar
They made a poor choice there. They need to be ''family friendly'' for sure.
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