NEW YORK (AP) – His team getting clobbered in the NBA Finals and his head bloodied in a collision with a camera was bad enough for LeBron James. Now he’s trapped in the endless online loop of the moment he got caught with his pants down on national television.
James’ wardrobe adjustment – briefly lowering his compression pants in the moments before his Cleveland Cavaliers took on the Golden State Warriors Thursday – was another example of television not moving fast enough to stop a moment best left off the air.
The moment flashed by so quickly, with James’ body partially obscured by an onscreen graphic, that many viewers probably missed it in real time.
“You needed to have a really good DVR and a microscope, I think,” said Tim Winter, president of the Parents Television Council. His watchdog group frequently encourages its members to file complaints to the federal government for violations of indecency standards but in this case he advised followers to stand down, calling it “much ado about nothing.”
The Federal Communications Commission would not comment Friday on whether anyone had formally complained about James’ unexpected exposure.