1. 07-22-20 10:03 PM #1
    Mike Huntertz
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    We need another amendment to separate politics and sports!

    Sports is a way to escape real life problems and have some fun.
    Just watch athletes play to win a game and let us cheer.
    Leave the ugly parts of our lives behind for a short while.
    Is that a racist thing or just a dream?
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  2. 07-23-20 12:19 AM #2
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    Especially when you live in a country that spoils you with obscene amounts of money to partake in what amounts to a recreational game.
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  3. 07-23-20 12:44 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Huntertz View Post
    Sports is a way to escape real life problems and have some fun.
    Just watch athletes play to win a game and let us cheer.
    Leave the ugly parts of our lives behind for a short while.
    Is that a racist thing or just a dream?
    Great point.
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  4. 07-23-20 01:28 AM #4
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    I agree. Sad state of affairs.
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  5. 07-23-20 05:10 AM #5
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    great thread

    Politics do not belong in sports eventually you will bankrupt it if you let it infiltrate

    People will not watch
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  6. 07-23-20 05:25 AM #6
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    from what i hear people will be turning off the nba big time.but you will have the people that bet on it and the young kids(blacks) that will watch big time..........
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  7. 07-23-20 10:04 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    great thread

    Politics do not belong in sports eventually you will bankrupt it if you let it infiltrate

    People will not watch
    Already happening on my watch..
    Screw the NBA and MLB..
    Tired of whiny little millionaires pretending that playing a game is so hard and that their respective leagues or teams won't move forward or be competitive without their Prima Donna voice or presence..
    Plenty of kids chomping at the bit to replace them.
    Play your little game or work for a living you little pukes..
    Wish real life was like a professional sports league..

    Wonder if this could all be traced back to one specific event where a leader of a nation started politicizing games??
    Hmmmmm...
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  8. 07-23-20 10:07 AM #8
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    Did you feel the same way when USA boycotted the Moscow Olympics? Or during the apartheid years when Sth Africa was boycotted by most of the world?


    I agree politics & sport should not mix. Just interested if those instances feel different.
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  9. 07-23-20 12:19 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Optional View Post
    Did you feel the same way when USA boycotted the Moscow Olympics? Or during the apartheid years when Sth Africa was boycotted by most of the world?


    I agree politics & sport should not mix. Just interested if those instances feel different.
    LOL

    Olympians weren't paid millions of dollars a year back then

    You can't cash all of your pay checks for millions of dollars from your "oppressors", rake in millions of dollars a year from companies who run sweatshops all over the world, and then be taken seriously when you whine about oppression

    They market their overpriced sweatshop sneakers and apparel to people who can't afford them, so they will steal and kill people to get them, and then talk about the greed of others

    That's the difference
    It's scary that you can't see that outstanding level of hypocrisy
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  10. 07-23-20 02:11 PM #10
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    I find it interesting that people say “but he makes millions of dollars”.....uh ok does that mean he can’t have an opinion or do what he wants? Wtf does what the person makes matter?
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  11. 07-23-20 02:38 PM #11
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    good point
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  12. 07-23-20 02:48 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by vitterd View Post
    I find it interesting that people say “but he makes millions of dollars”.....uh ok does that mean he can’t have an opinion or do what he wants? Wtf does what the person makes matter?
    That isn't even remotely what I said
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  13. 07-23-20 02:53 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by carolinakid View Post
    from what i hear people will be turning off the nba big time.but you will have the people that bet on it and the young kids(blacks) that will watch big time..........
    Lol, probably the same group of people that boycotted nike over Kap...nba will be fine.
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  14. 07-23-20 04:29 PM #14
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    I feel like things have changed forever. What was the best year to be alive 1987?
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  15. 07-23-20 05:13 PM #15
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    I agree.

    So sick of reading pro casous political threads.
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  16. 07-23-20 09:24 PM #16
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    how is this for a separation of sports and state?

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  17. 07-23-20 09:31 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by ericc View Post
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  18. 07-23-20 10:00 PM #18
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    Sports and politics have always been linked whether we like it or not.
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