What’s the ‘LaVar Ball Rule’? Lakers Enforce Policy to Seemingly Keep Lonzo’s Dad Out of the News

LaVar Ball is a walking—or strutting, rather—headline, so it's nearly impossible to keep him out of the news entirely. At the Lakers home arena, The Staples Center, family and friends often wait for players after games. Media used to be permitted to interview these folks, according to ESPN. The organization told the network that a policy preventing these interviews already existed and added: "There has been more media presence in that area than before.