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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStick to sports? Cardinals' support of Supreme Court nominee shows NFL's hypocrisy
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2018/07/10/arizona-cardinals-michael-bidwell-support-supreme-court-nominee-nfl-hypocrisy/770404002/"
Its not mixing football and politics the NFL finds so distasteful. Its mixing football with politics the league and its owners find distasteful.
That was made abundantly clear Monday night, when the Arizona Cardinals posted a story on their website lavishing praise on new Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh from team president Michael Bidwill. Shortly after, it retweeted a post by Adam Schefter with the letter Bidwill and fellow high school classmates are sending to the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Kavanaugh.
So much for sticking to sports.
Bidwill has every right to be enthusiastic about a longtime friends new career opportunity, and even to stump for him. They go back almost 40 years, to their days at Georgetown Prep, and have remained good enough friends that Bidwill was a guest at Kavanaughs 2004 wedding.
But Bidwill was not promoting Kavanaughs nomination as Mike Bidwill, anonymous rich white guy from Phoenix. He was doing it as the owner of the Arizona Cardinals, giving the teams endorsement to a Supreme Court candidate who, given the gaping divide in this country, is being viewed by many with suspicion and fear."
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Stick to sports? Cardinals' support of Supreme Court nominee shows NFL's hypocrisy (Original Post)
pstokely
Jul 2018
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Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)1. But kneeling...
is such a disgrace. It ruins the game for them. FUCK THEM. Boycott the game.
calimary
(80,700 posts)2. For me, it's "sick OF sports."
I'd rather see teachers paid at the level of some of these sports stars.
unblock
(51,974 posts)3. to them, ownership the right to be a mini-dictator.
i own you, therefore i have to right to do whatever i want *and* the right to prevent you from doing the exact same thing.
this is all part of the social order (whites over blacks, etc.) right-wingers want to impose on america.
malaise
(267,827 posts)4. Great post
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kairos12
(12,817 posts)5. Bidwill is a rethug from way back. He is disgusting.