Government
Sports Teams Should Reflect the Values of the Cities That Host Them
Given the investment that cities make into professional sports franchises, team owners do not have the luxury of ignoring the politics of their environs.
If North Korea wasn’t enough, Donald Trump decided to wage war over the weekend with the NFL and the NBA over players who’ve been making political statements—kneeling during the National Anthem in the NFL or refusing to visit the White House, as the NBA World Champions the Golden State Warriors decided to do.
Trump further escalated the confrontation this morning with a shout-out to the NASCAR auto racing league for not putting “up with disrespecting our Country or our Flag,” (though don’t tell Dale Jr.) and a tweet claiming that the #TakeAKnee protest movement, which was started in 2016 by then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, has “nothing to do with race”—though it absolutely has to do with racism.