Bill Bradley concisely deconstructs Donald Trump's use of sports to divide
We've actually had a minor respite from President Donald Trump using sports - and the NFL, specifically - as a cudgel to enflame emotions and distract the masses from other news.
But he'll get back to it. You can be sure of that.
Save this clip for then.
That's former NBA player and U.S. Senator Bill Bradley delivering perhaps the most trenchant dissection of Trump's methods that I've read yet. It deserves to by typed out:
"I think what's driving it is that people realize that athletes are citizens, too, and have their own opinions. And I look at this and I think Donald Trump is going to go wherever there's press. And a lot of people are interested in sports and sports is very intensely emotional. That's his bailiwick and he knows how to divide. So he uses sports to divide people. That's something that, to me, is so antithetical to what sports is. Because if you win a championship you have to be a team. You're talking from a very early age about unselfishness, imagination, courage … all those values, right? Well those are disregarded when you use the sport to divide people, in my opinion.
I think players have a right to say what they believe. If you look at the NBA, one of the things that Adam Silver has done that I think is really exceptional is he has encouraged players to be involved politically. To do something in their communities. To have opinions about national issues. To express them. Encourage them to use their well-knowness to further their view of what America should be."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/bill-bradley-concisely-deconstructs-donald-trump’s-use-of-sports-to-divide/ar-BBNKMlp?li=BBnba9I
