Michael Jordan On NBA Players’ Activism: ‘I Support That’ | TODAY

Michael Jordan we invented basketball his unparalleled grace athleticism and determination cementing him as the greatest a hall-of-famer with a lasting legacy he's only added to off the court mr. Jordan we joined Jordan to get a look at the first of two medical clinics he's fully funded in Charlotte North Carolina to help provide access to underserved communities in the area it's opening bringing the Sports grape to tears as you can see is very emotional thing to me the Michael Jordan family med

ical clinic what do you think I'm very proud of it I mean the Michael Jordan aspect of things is okay it is what it is I think what drives me is that I know this clinic is needed within the community and it's going to provide a certain service giving back and also using his voice for change a reversal from his days on the court you developed a reputation for being shall we say eight political not wading into a lot of the the waters of social issues over the last few years though I've noticed tha

t you've spoken out on unarmed black people being shot you've talked about the causes and effects of poverty you've talked about health care disparities sure what what change why are you more outspoken now than you used to be you know when I was playing my vision in my tonal vision was my craft I was a professional basketball player and I tried to do that the best I could now I have more time to understand things around me understand causes understand you know issues and you know problems and co

mmits you know my voice on financial support to looking back on your playing days do you wish that perhaps you had been more vocal about certain things I've never looked back and changed things for whatever reason he has stayed close to the sport Jordan is now the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets what do you think about professional sports players now who use their platforms for activism I think it's great if they understand the cause obviously they if they feel their voice matters great

you know and I support that but speaking out his recently created controversy in the NBA lebron james facing criticism for weighing in on the feud between the league and china over the protests in Hong Kong Jordan declining to comment on the topic citing pending litigation first starting in 2012 over the improper use of his name in the country the legend also weighing in on college athletes being paid to play a bill just signed into law in California with other states following suit do you think

they should be paid I think they should be paid some some portions of money so that their basic needs are taken care of there's some complexity there that I think the NCAA is gonna have to figure out are they entitled to some compensation yes what is that number I don't think anyone else you