Athletes Get Political In Sports

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/politics/donald-trump-colin-kaepernick-athletes-activism-sports/index.html

The article I chose has to do with athletes influence on politics and people bringing politics in to sports. There was a lot of controversy about Beyoncé's performance at the Super Bowl last year singing mainly about "Black Lives Matter" because she violated the unspoken rule of "keep politics out of sports." We wonder if this comes back to athletes getting political about Trump. Athletes have been politically active in ways that haven't been seen in centuries and a lot of people are mad about it. CNN sports analyst Christine Brennan  quoted "Sports is really no longer an escape from the real world that it used to be. Sports is a mirror of our society." Many athletes said they didn't like the image or views Trump put on races and social issues. I think this is in fact a good thing because I think political issues and just any issues going on in society should be brought to the attention of athletes and sports because so many people watch them. I think it is a great way to promote issues and bring attention to them.

This relates to the content we are discussing in class because we are talking about civil rights and the article shows that the athletes are bringing politics in that some have to do with racism. Racism is still an issue today and people are still discriminated and treated differently. What better way to bring up race equality than in sports that so many people watch. The other good thing is many people look up to athletes and if they said anything about political issues today that would most likely bring a good amount of attention on the issues going on today.

As I said in the earlier paragraph, I feel that this is a great thing and should definitely bring attention to social issues and racism issues today. I feel that people do indeed watch the news but a majority of people today would watch sports or anything on their favorite athletes and look up to them and really take in and take to heart what they say or believe. This could help get the word out.