Poll: Politics and Sports

[KenH]

Do you allow politics to interfere with your viewing/enjoyment of sports?

 

[Salty]

Do you mean that player xyz that I once liked - and I no longer like him because he spoke out on an issue that I totally disagree ?

 

[KenH]

Do you mean that player xyz that I once liked - and I no longer like him because he spoke out on an issue that I totally disagree ?

That can be part of it. In my case, I don't take politics into account at all in my enjoyment of sports period - for a single person or a single team, etc. The only time I recall taking such into account was when I was a kid and Cassius Clay refused to be drafted into the military, so I rooted against him. Not sure I would react to him the same way now as a 66-year-old adult.

 

[Salty]

I do have a problem with team owners that remain silent when players knee for the National Anthem. If they just stand and not put hand over heart - that I can deal with.

 

[just-want-peace]

No problem, UNTIL, somebody else brings politics into the picture - then, usually, it’s channel changing time.

 

[Van]

Professional athletes like celebrities may not be the sharpest knives in the drawer. Like others above, I try to turn a blind eye toward the political statements of those who have been duped by the Left.