Yes, I understand the action taken by the Milwaukee Bucks players today. And yes, I also believe they should now lose the game by default.

This is a real can of worms for the NBA to deal with, an incredibly sensitive issue that isn't about to go away anytime soon and one that doesn't have a clear cut right or wrong.

Whatever I muse about this is going to upset someone. No matter what view taken it's guaranteed to outrage someone somewhere. And also a really difficult subject to deal with given we don't live there,  don't experience the same ongoing brutalities, frustrations and are commenting on situations and circumstances with limited access to all the relevant information and facts concerned.

For what it's worth, here's what I think. The players have every right to express themselves about these issues and take whatever action they deem fit. At the same time, the NBA have their own responsibilities to take care of and these include running the finals series on time while also maintaining control of their own sport.

If the players are now choosing to go on strike and/or boycott games then who effectively is running the joint?

The next few days and weeks will be fascinating to watch from afar as the Association carefully balances the (very valid) concerns and action of the players against their own commercial obligations, time constraints and continued complications involved with managing the Covid bubble while finally finishing this never-ending season.

But back to the beginning. Every action has a reaction. And the big question now facing the NBA is where does this all end? What say, e.g., today was a Game 7? Would the players still have boycotted? Would they have boycotted if the consequence was they forfeited the match and therefore lost that series?

Maybe today isn't the day though for answers to those questions. Maybe today is a day for reflection of what has happened in Wisconsin and appreciation that this group of men feel so strongly about it they've made a stand in the only way they feel is relevant.

There was once a saying, trotted out when countries like ours decided to ignore international conventions and maintain sporting links with apartheid, that "sport and politics don't mix". Today's action from Florida reaffirms again just how irrelevant that statement is, how out-dated, how ridiculous.