Now that I know the behind the scenes in professional sports, I will no longer spend my time watching the games. The owners of these teams, whether football or baseball, etc., typical of the greedy fund anti-union politicians, who support anti-people legislation, such as living wage and healthcare for all.
Consider the time and expense for the average fan, the everyday fans, who are hard-working people buying the sports’ team memorabilia, tickets, overpriced junk food and drinks at the stadiums or the “snacks” and eats and drinks for tailgate parties or watching the game from home. Some might think this time could be better used in serving the community the fan lives in when the factor in the following.
Team owners typically support and donate millions to elect people who are against the workers, what’s in the best interest for the workers and actively try to squash unions. The worst offenders are Charles Johnson, owner of the SF Giants; Woody Johnson, owner of the NY Jets got an ambassadorship to the UK for his trump donation; Dan DeVos, owner of the Orlando Magic; James L. Dolan, owner of the NY Knicks and Rangers; John C. Malone, owner of Atlanta Braves; stocks cheater Senator Kelly Loeffler, owner of the Atlanta Dream; and Edward Glazer, owner of the Buccaneers; among others.
Remember, not all players get the big money for putting their bodies up for destruction or advertising contracts when they retire, yet they contributed to the owners wealth at the sake of their own. Depending on the sport, black/people of color athletes make up most of the NFL teams, followed by the NBA, then MLB with soccer being the most evenly diverse teams among racial divides, but blacks/people of color make up less than 10 percent of the club owners. So these athletes of color are making these white men wealthy, while donating the money the athletes generate for the old white men to be used against the athletes, their families and the rest of us all the while giving lip service to “Black Lives Matter.” If these owners really and truly believed Black Lives Matter, wouldn’t they do more for their athletes and the cause than jumping on the bandwagon?
I feel very foolish for having been conned by all the calculated public relations hype the very rich used against us for so long. If the owners do not respect the fans, why should we respect or support them with our hard earned money? If they want us back let them earn it with more than just platitudes.
We can thank the deadly pandemic for teaching us that we can live without professional sports. When professional sports can make a comeback like the days last year, will we follow in line and waste time watching them or will we use the time we spent watching the sports by actually playing sports ourselves or volunteering in some capacity within our communities?
It’s time to pick a side. You want to have and keep unions with good wages and pensions, then it’s time to pick a side. You want to keep Social Security for yourself and family, it is time to pick a side. You want to get or keep Medicare and Obama’s Affordable Care Act, then it’s time to pick a side. It is us against the billionaires. The very rich got that way off the backs of workers, and now want to strip everything away from those workers. It’s time to pick a side. The very rich can buy countries, then make the people get on their hands and knees and grovel and beg for scrapes that usually go into the dumpster. It’s time to pick a side. Is this what we want for our family and our future? It’s time to pick a side. Get ready to fight for you and your families’ lives. There is no middle ground with these greedy people for they want it all—all the money—all the power—all the land so where does this leave us when they have all the commons, like water, land and airways? It’s time to pick...
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