(July 22, 2018 at 2:31 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Sadly, rather than calmer sea ahead, we seem poised to enter a limbo in which nobody's sure what is and what isn't going to occur.
Yes and no. Outside sports, President Shithole has behaved in a very bad way that we have never seen any President prior behave.
But, when you use your voice as a consumer, you can make change. It may not be an all out back off, not right now no, but the Giants and Eagles in this case have put their foot down, which means when you use your voice it can work.
Just like black sports stars in the 60s in every sport and the Olympics used their voices to make change.
I think the key with the owners is to keep pounding the fact to them, that there are some values that are far more important than profits. Even being mostly old white guys, even they are old enough to remember the cold war and forced patriotism, even if they don't want to face the racism 45 piles on top of his vile rhetoric.
Hitler also used sports to sell his hyper nationalism and racial superiority.
