For those of you who are against it saying things like "let sports be sports", I assume you are against the following:
-Jackie Robinson playing. HUGE political issue at the time, and a landmark for the civil rights movement.
-European soccer campaign "football against racism". A great cause in my opinion.
-Sports teams/leagues participating in charities and promoting various causes (both social and health-related)
-The summit series was pretty political - far more than 'just another game', no?
Tonnes of other examples....
Plus what could be more political than a bunch of nations sending their best athletes to compete against other countries athletes, covered in national symbols and often literally draped in its flag?
It is actually pretty funny. I just re-watched Remember the Titans the other day and thought to myself how ridiculous all those people "against" Blacks looked, and how in 25 or so years we will look back to today and all those against LGBTQ rights and have a good chuckle at their idiocy.
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