Professional sports players have meant a lot to the U.S. for many generations. But people nowadays think that these big, money making machines are being disrespectful to our country. People calling these men and women “traitors” or “a disgrace” or even telling them to “leave the country”. These rude comments aren’t meant to be said to every athlete. It's actually going towards Toni Smith, the then 21-year-old senior guard on the Manhattanville College women’s basketball team. She turned her back on america's flag and expressing her opinions on the 2003 Iraq War. Toni Smith did not do anything wrong and was not betraying our country because she was just saying her thoughts and feelings. She was not trying to be rude.
