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Originally Posted by Andrew, Jr.
It's sad that sports now has become more political oriented.
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Andrew:
Sports has always had *some* politics involved in it. Hitler wanted the Olympics in Berlin to show how wonderful Germany was. Mohammed Ali raised his fist in protest at the Olympics to protest the Vietnam War and racism in America. The United States pulled out of the 1980 Olympics because of Russia's invasion of Afghanistan. Russia pulled out of the 1984 Olympics in retaliation. Jackie Robsinson taking the major league field for the first time was not just an athletic event but a profoundly *political* one.
After 9/11 every sports team in the country, it seemed, tried to fall over one another being more patriotic than thou.
What's more, as Lady Snow points out, there are more than a few brown people who play for these teams. I am actually quite pleased that MLB is trying to come up with a response to this law. It would be an insult to players who might be caught up in this law (or their families) and to the fans if they just pretended that the Arizona law didn't exist.