Should Major League Baseball boycott 2011 All-Star Game?
by Eli Greenspan on May 11, 2010 10:39 AM EDT
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Several influential politicians are calling on Major League Baseball to pull the 2011 All-Star Game from Phoenix after recently passes legislation to crack down on illegal immigration. The legislation is controversial because it allows for racial profiling to occur, something the majority of country feels unethical.
How this all related to the MLB, well, 48 percent of about 7,000 players at the major and minor league level are born outside the United States. At the major league level, about 27 percent of the players are Latino and would be subjected to the new law if they travelled in Arizona. Not only do about half of all major league clubs train in Arizona for a month a time, but the teams continue to use the facilities all year, meaning there players would be subjected to questioning potentially for an entire season.
That's where the MLB should go with this argument if they want to protest the bill. Yes, it is unethical for everyone who lives in Arizona, but Major League Baseball should say it is not fair for there players, who are a huge source of entertainment and revenue, to be subjected to this controversial law.
Arizona has always been tough on controversial decisions. In 1993, the NFL threatened to pull the Super Bowl from Arizona because they didn't recognize Martin Luther King Day at the time. If MLB pulls the All-Star Game, you can bet that there will be some reform to this bill. The ASG is such a big source of revenue for the team and stadium, but also for the hotels, restaurants, and other shops in and around the area. In other words, it would not be hard to find a replacement city.
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MLB pulls the ASG from Phoenix, it is deciding to get involved in politics.
And dont we have enough people trying to get involved that dont understand the issue.
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by Andiamo Cuccioli on May 11, 2010 4:26 PM EDT reply actions
Yes, this unconstitutional bill is a disgrace to America
and everyone should stand up and say NO to allowing this to continue
Good for everyone standing up
You mean like segregation and Jackie Robinson
Why is patience a virtue and procrastination a sin...I mean whats wrong with patiently procrastionating?
You know what let it happen let the players pull their names out
of the game and put the crappiest ASG together. First up to bat Cody Ross, now pitching Jason Motte. Baseball shouldn’t get involved but the players have every right to. Well in this case one less. I did enjoy the Los Suns jersey during the playoffs. If you believe in something enought you have the right to stand up and say anything you want withen reason.
I aslo could see teams like Tampa and Flordia along with maybe even Arizona pulling players out to acknowledge thier latino fan base.
Why is patience a virtue and procrastination a sin...I mean whats wrong with patiently procrastionating?
Leave it to the Canadian to bring up Phoenix Coyotes Bankruptcy!
If we are talking anything to do with Phoenix sports and border issues these days I’ve gotta throw my 2 cents (1.8cents USD) in the rink!
Just around this time last year the Phoenix Coyotes NHL hockey team (yes you have one) whispered Bankruptcy (forgot to tell the NHL) and were eventually bailed out and sold to the NHL for the 2010 season. Now the city officials are back holding on for dear life giving the NHL up to 25 Million owed to keep the team in Glendale, AZ for the 2010-11 Season.
Oh and these monies are to come from a taxation collected by next years revenues and facility usage… the same thing that landed them bankrupt last year!
Sounds like Phoenix has got some real winners in city politics and their consistency for Politics and Sport are pure All-Star quality!
Boycott the All-Star Game… Sell back the Coyotes to Winnipeg and stop putting your stick where it don’t belong!
- The Canuck
BOYCOTT ALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAMES
If MLB wants to put its foot on the neck of Arizonan’s rights to make and chose laws to protect themselves real Americans should boycott all MLB games !
Little League games are more fun anyway!
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