People sympathetic to Donald Trump’s condemnation of NFL players who “take a knee” during the national anthem lament the kneeling because, they say, football of all things should not be “politicized.” Their mistake is in thinking that the players initiated the politicization, Sheldon Richman writes.
But football, like other professional sports and public spectacles, first politicized their events by displaying the flag, playing the national anthem, and lauding the military.
By all means, let’s take politics out of sports and other public events, writes Richman. That means no flags, no anthem, and no military. Rid private functions of all symbols of the church-state. Then play ball.
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