Did sports really make any difference?

 

Over the last few weeks we have seen how professional athletes believe that they have some sort of influence over their fans.  There are those of the professional athletes who sincerely believe that what they do and what they say has an effect on the population in general.  So when these players refused to play their sport, who have gone down on one knee as a protest, and who continue to expect the general public will do likewise, they honestly believe that people care.  Well I for one don't care.

I don't watch basketball, football, baseball, nor hockey.  So their demonstration meant nothing.  In fact when talking to others and even overhearing what others think, the protest, the expectation of people agreeing, has fallen short of their intended ideology.

There is no disagreement that there are problems.  The media has made sure that everyone understands that there is a problem.  The one aspect of course is the conflicts between the police and those they come in contact with.  What the media forgets on purpose is that the conflicts of black on black confrontation far exceeds by three times the conflicts between police and people of colour.  This is a fact, and because it does not fit in with what is generally accepted, these black on black confrontations go unnoticed and unreported.

But I digress.  Professional athletes maybe should put their money where their mouth is.  Perhaps these professional athletes who earn millions and are seen as heroes by many, should put of some their earnings into programs to fight racism.  Maybe they should be proactive and support affordable housing, providing for food banks, support programs that raise awareness for everyone.

The main problem seems to be that the professional athlete have become part of the political and social programs of organizations like black lives matter.  We know that blm have a communist agenda like direction.

Now that most of the professional athletes are back to work, they have made demands that causes many fans to shrink away.  To be honest -- if you have to put a colour in front of "Lives Matter" than you too are a racist.