(08-28-2020, 01:13 AM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote:(08-27-2020, 11:27 PM)BigDirk41 Wrote: Isn't in kinda ironic that the goal is to keep this thread about basketball and not politics when that's really the big disagreement with NBA fans right now. A lot of fans don't want politics with their sports. They just want to watch basketball.
And that´s an illusion. Politics is a part of sports. Always has been. It´s more about people choosing to ignore it as long as it doesn´t clash with their own political leanings or impact their life.
Not necessarily. People may go to sports not to necessarily ignore politics, but to find a neutral place and connect with others they would disagree with in their political organizations.
It is one thing for the players to exercise their freedom as citizens and actively speak out on controversial political and moral issues. They can carry their influence and power to political venues like any other citizen can't they?
Its an entirely different thing for the NBA as an organization to do this. It changes the very nature of the organization and forces the public seeking a neutral place to simply listen to the organization's rhetoric without debate or representation.