Pregame: Athletes Making Their Stand
Koa Ahgeak
University of Alaska Anchorage In Dave Zirin’s essay “Pregame” (Zirin, 2017), he argues that famous pro athletes are starting to realize how much of a change they can make in this world with their actions they do on or off of the court/field by making a “conscious political stand for justice,” (Zirin, 2017, p. 424). He proves his point by providing examples about the 2009 Miami Heat NBA team making a political stand for justice for a young African American teen named Travyon Martin who was shot and killed by a self appointed neighborhood watch leader because he had his hood on which “some pundits in their infinite wisdom believed made him suspicious” (Zirin, 2017, p. 424). After the …show more content…
Zirin also said, “Our sports culture shapes societal attitudes, relationships, and power arrangements” showing that the …show more content…
Recent studies have shown that more and more athletes have been making a stand for things they believe in such as Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the National Anthem because he was making a stand to make justice for racism. Zirin also has examples such as the Miami Heat standing for justice for young teen Travyon Martin who was killed by a self appointed neighborhood watch leader when he was walking home from a friends house. He also included that on Cinco De Mayo in 2010, the Phoenix Suns NBA team used “Los Suns” jerseys asaa political unified stand against Arizona state’s senate bill 1070, which is when the police determine the immigration status of someone arrested or detained when there is “reasonable suspicion” they are not in the U.S. legally. Lastly, he supports his main idea by saying how “college football and basketball athletes signing petitions to form organizations to get out of the ugly corrupt system” (2017). Zirin uses many examples showing how pro athletes are finally starting to realize that if they make a political stand for something that they believe in, more people including other famous and pro athletes will follow along and stand right there with them. Although other pro athletes agree with other pro athletes on standing against political issues, sportscaster Howard Cosell
Koa Ahgeak
University of Alaska Anchorage In Dave Zirin’s essay “Pregame” (Zirin, 2017), he argues that famous pro athletes are starting to realize how much of a change they can make in this world with their actions they do on or off of the court/field by making a “conscious political stand for justice,” (Zirin, 2017, p. 424). He proves his point by providing examples about the 2009 Miami Heat NBA team making a political stand for justice for a young African American teen named Travyon Martin who was shot and killed by a self appointed neighborhood watch leader because he had his hood on which “some pundits in their infinite wisdom believed made him suspicious” (Zirin, 2017, p. 424). After the …show more content…
Zirin also said, “Our sports culture shapes societal attitudes, relationships, and power arrangements” showing that the …show more content…
Recent studies have shown that more and more athletes have been making a stand for things they believe in such as Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the National Anthem because he was making a stand to make justice for racism. Zirin also has examples such as the Miami Heat standing for justice for young teen Travyon Martin who was killed by a self appointed neighborhood watch leader when he was walking home from a friends house. He also included that on Cinco De Mayo in 2010, the Phoenix Suns NBA team used “Los Suns” jerseys asaa political unified stand against Arizona state’s senate bill 1070, which is when the police determine the immigration status of someone arrested or detained when there is “reasonable suspicion” they are not in the U.S. legally. Lastly, he supports his main idea by saying how “college football and basketball athletes signing petitions to form organizations to get out of the ugly corrupt system” (2017). Zirin uses many examples showing how pro athletes are finally starting to realize that if they make a political stand for something that they believe in, more people including other famous and pro athletes will follow along and stand right there with them. Although other pro athletes agree with other pro athletes on standing against political issues, sportscaster Howard Cosell