Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, has suspended the season tickets of one of its most famous alumni, John Stockton, after he failed to comply with the school’s basketball games mask mandate, the NBA Hall of Famer confirmed to The Spokesman-Review. The former Utah Jazz point guard, 59, said he was notified of the university’s decision by Gonzaga Athletic Director Chris Standiford and said the conversation had been “congenial” but also “not pleasant.” “Basically, it came down to, they were asking me to wear a mask to the games and being a public figure, someone a little bit more visible, I stuck out in the crowd a little bit,” Stockton told the newspaper. “And therefore they received complaints and felt like from whatever the higher-ups—those weren’t discussed, but from whatever it was higher up—they were going to have to either ask me to wear a mask or they were going to suspend my …
Gonzaga University Suspends NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton’s Season Tickets Over Refusal to Wear Mask
January 24, 2022
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