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The airline continues to contend with backlash after revealing plans to apply a checked bag fee. But the carrier briefly deflected the fallout to the Mavericks.

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines deflected some backlash and threw some shade at the Dallas Mavericks on social media amid the public response by the airline to end its "two bags fly free" policy. The change came as a shock to many travelers who fly Southwest because of the longstanding policy.

Southwest Airlines is trying to recover from the bad PR they just generated by pointing to an instance of worse PR. The airline giant sparked outrage this week by announcing the impending end of their policy allowing two free checked bags for every passenger.