Thus, when people start talking about boycotting sports, I'm pretty much already there. I find the rivalries between cities and teams a little ridiculous, and rather humorous. I find the fanaticism that some people hold for their teams rather scary. I'm particularly amused by people who say "we won" as though they had something to do with the team they support winning. For the record, I deeply support the local events that my students take part in.
However, I find the recent calls to boycott the NFL, NBA, NBL, NHL, and even NASCAR a little baffling. The outrage seems to be that these organizations are allowing their players to make peaceful protests in an effort to end systemic racism. They've even set aside time to do so separate from the National Anthem which had brought out the ultra-nationalists' ire earlier.
As I understand it, these organizations have previously set aside time to bring attention to issues like cancer research, child hunger, and other charitable and social justice causes. There weren't boycotts then. However, now that this issue being brought to people's attention is the end to systemic racism, people are pushing the boycotts as though it was the only chance to save civilization.
I'll say it plainly: it looks like those people who are advertising these boycotts are saying they like racism and want it to stay.
Now, I still don't plan on watching those sporting events for the reasons I mentioned earlier. I fully support people's decisions to end their financial support of the overfunded franchise owners. However, I think that people who are doing so due to the peaceful protests taking place should think about the actual message that they are sending ... and what their children might be learning from their example.