The Litmus Test
August 1, 2020
…. if you asked the average member of the
sports media to make this choice: sports return, but Donald Trump is
reelected or no sports return, but Donald Trump is defeated, I think
most sports media would choose to cancel sports if it meant canceling
Trump.
Sports media – like the broader media – is left- biased. So, this is not surprising.Sports offers a diversion; right now, a diversion is not desired. The reason why is tied to the election
and tied to the riots – which are also tied to the election. I commented on this earlier, based on a video by Jonathan Pageau.
The best thing that can happen to raise the heat: re-start a sport, then stop it. This is now in the air for baseball:
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob
Manfred told MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark on
Friday that if the sport doesn’t do a better job of managing the
coronavirus, it could shut down for the season….
Baseball will be somewhat irrelevant in this regard – play or not, it
doesn’t generate the passion. But the tale will be told in two sports:
professional basketball and football – in the case of the latter, two
leagues will matter: the National Football League, and the SEC for
college.If some combination of these three leagues stops or cancels the season, know that we ain’t seen nothin’ yet – neither in lockdown actions or riot actions. I say one or more of these leagues will not finish what it starts.
At least one month before election day.
Reprinted with permission from Bionic Mosquito.
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