'Sports, like much of entertainment, exist as a distraction. But boy does it seem irresponsible to be distracted right now.' williamfleitch writes
Not the person we need to hear from right now. Photo: Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images One of the many frustrations people have had with the ongoing battles between Major League Baseball owners and the players union about how to get the sport going in 2020 — currently, neither party can even get the other to review their proposals, let alone negotiate on them — is that the two sides are blowing an incredible opportunity to return on July 4.
This is not baseball’s fault, of course. It has felt inappropriate to talk about any sort of diversion in the wake of this tumult, the president’s rapid public meltdown, the gassing of peaceful American citizens for a photo op, and the sense that everything might just be falling apart; I haven’t noticed people having heated debates about the Dakota Johnson romantic comedy that came out last weekend either, after all.
Some teams got the messaging and sentiment right, but it was mostly players themselves — in many cases the only people in their organizations who could truly understand what the protests were about — who spoke out most clearly. It is telling that so many did so outside the purview of their teams, or even their professions. Former NBA player Stephen Jackson spoke passionately about George Floyd, who had been a childhood friend of his from Texas.
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