The last 48 hours have been nothing short of a whirlwind.
I know how we got here, but I don't understand why.
So much attention has been given to the NFL players' decision to kneel during the national anthem at almost every game over the weekend. Many of them deciding to do so after President Trump's comments on Saturday that players should be fired for taking a knee, and that players that choose to kneel are "sons of bitches". Players are angry about the President's comments. Fans are even more angry that the players are "disrespecting the flag and the nation" and have basically said that these "million dollar crybabies" should just shut up and stop complaining. I've seen so many arguments on social media about it. It consumes the water cooler talk at the office.
How in the world did we get here?
Sports used to be a distraction from reality. Baseball, football, and NASCAR helped the country heal after 9/11. Sporting events were seen as a way to "get back to a routine" after so much turmoil. Even now, fans use sports as a distraction from events in their own lives. For those three hours or so, people can relax, enjoy the event, and not be concerned about other events in the world.
This week sports became the distraction.
Players have every right to their opinion and to demonstrate that peacefully, just like any other citizen. We are very lucky that we lived in a country where we are allowed to peacefully demonstrate and speak freely. We owe those that have sacrificed themselves a huge debt of gratitude to allow us to speak our mind, whether we do it vocally or silently.
The next few weeks will be critical. Now that the players have our attention, how will we, as citizens of the United States, react? What will our response be? How will the players respond? The issues raised will not be resolved overnight. It's going to take time. But it's also going to take us working together as a country, united together, to solve the problems the players are trying to bring to our attention.
I hope sports again become the distraction that we all enjoy, not fight about.
Now can we go back to using the internet for its intended purposes: pictures of cats?
I know how we got here, but I don't understand why.
So much attention has been given to the NFL players' decision to kneel during the national anthem at almost every game over the weekend. Many of them deciding to do so after President Trump's comments on Saturday that players should be fired for taking a knee, and that players that choose to kneel are "sons of bitches". Players are angry about the President's comments. Fans are even more angry that the players are "disrespecting the flag and the nation" and have basically said that these "million dollar crybabies" should just shut up and stop complaining. I've seen so many arguments on social media about it. It consumes the water cooler talk at the office.
How in the world did we get here?
Sports used to be a distraction from reality. Baseball, football, and NASCAR helped the country heal after 9/11. Sporting events were seen as a way to "get back to a routine" after so much turmoil. Even now, fans use sports as a distraction from events in their own lives. For those three hours or so, people can relax, enjoy the event, and not be concerned about other events in the world.
This week sports became the distraction.
Players have every right to their opinion and to demonstrate that peacefully, just like any other citizen. We are very lucky that we lived in a country where we are allowed to peacefully demonstrate and speak freely. We owe those that have sacrificed themselves a huge debt of gratitude to allow us to speak our mind, whether we do it vocally or silently.
The next few weeks will be critical. Now that the players have our attention, how will we, as citizens of the United States, react? What will our response be? How will the players respond? The issues raised will not be resolved overnight. It's going to take time. But it's also going to take us working together as a country, united together, to solve the problems the players are trying to bring to our attention.
I hope sports again become the distraction that we all enjoy, not fight about.
Now can we go back to using the internet for its intended purposes: pictures of cats?
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