Scuf Gaming and Origin PC, which are both owned by Corsair, confirmed they had ceased their sponsorship of Leonard and were looking into the incident.
A comment was recently made by Meyers Leonard that does not reflect the values or views of SCUF. We have decided to cease our working relationship with Meyers as we look into it further.Meyers Leonard of the Miami Heat stands while fellow players take a knee during the national anthem before a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on August 12, 2020, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
He then offered his apology to Heat owner Micky Arison who, like his late father, Ted, was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. "This is not a proper representation of who I am and I want to apologize to the Arisons, my teammates, coaches, front office and everyone associated with the Miami Heat organization, to my family, to our loyal fans and to others in the Jewish community who I have hurt. I promise to do better and know that my future actions will be more powerful than my use of this word.""The Miami Heat vehemently condemns the use of any form of hate speech," the team statement said.
Myers claims that “he didn’t know the word/slur he used was deeply offensive” to the Jewish community. It would be interesting to get screen name or profile picture/location of the other gamer. May shed light on why Myers used that *slur*, he knew what it meant. TBD. NoHate