It just offended me that someone like Kyrie Irving, literally thought the world was flat in 2018 and now we are suddenly supposed to respect and listen to his voice. He's the Vice President of the player's association. Guess what some of these players are morons and they don't necessarily have to be listened to.
I watched sports then and watch them now.<p>I just love to see awesome athletes who have honed their bodies and reflexes to such a crazy degree do things I could never do.<p>The interjection of social justice issues hasn’t yet taken anything away from the joy of the game from what I’ve seen. Kneeling for the anthem, wearing armbands with messages doesn’t change any of that.<p>If they start saying we need more diversity in sports and pay athletes who aren’t the best because of their skin color or sexual orientation I’d be annoyed. If someone is gay or straight or white or black and is the best at his position but he doesn’t get a job because of his orientation or skin color then I’ll stop watching.<p>The only thing I hate is how many athletes who have such short 3 year windows have half their income taxed for those three years then go on to work “normal” jobs for the next 30 years, and someone who ultimately made the same income over 30 years at a high paying “normal” job got taxed so much less over the same time span.
The title and content of the article (and therefore discussion here) do not follow what was actually asked in the poll. The question asked was, "How has the discussion of politics in sports on social media impacted your viewing habits?"<p>Social media was the focus of the poll, which is not mentioned in the article or comments here. The poll was clearly not asking about politics in sports, but rather discussion of politics in sports on social media.