Heat appear cold on possible Conor McGregor partnership after incidents involving franchise: report
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When Conor McGregor was strutting in a red jumpsuit on the Kaseya Center court during the NBA Finals, he seemed in good standing with the Miami Heat. But that doesn’t appear to be the case now.
McGregor and the Heat reportedly had a plan to make his "cryo" pain spray from Tidl Sport the "official pain relief partner" of the franchise. But that idea has gone cold since his incidents involving the team, according to Page Six.
McGregor had developed a good relationship with the Heat, but two situations at Game 4 of the Finals have changed everything.
The first was McGregor sending the team’s mascot, Burnie, to a hospital after punching him in the head during a skit that clearly went wrong.
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Conor McGregor on the court during a timeout in Game 4 of the 2023 NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat at Kaseya Center June 9, 2023, in Miami, Fla. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
The second and more serious situation involves allegations by a woman who claims she was raped in a Kaseya Center bathroom by the MMA star.
The pain spray deal no longer appears to be on the table for McGregor.
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"This was very bad for an otherwise crystal clean organization," an insider told Page Six. "I can’t imagine the Heat brass want the Tidl Sports patch on their jerseys. It’s a reminder of the 24 hours of hell the organization went through."
The woman’s attorney, Ariel Mitchell, claims her client was separated from her friends and forced into a bathroom, where McGregor was allegedly waiting for her, per the New York