The
WNBA this week fined three teams $5000 each for allowing players to wear
non-league approved t-shirts during warmups.
In addition, individual players were fined $500 for the offense. The t-shirts in question were in protest of
recent police shootings nationwide involving minorities.
For
some reason, the Bill of Rights stops outside the arena, field and court in
professional sports. Players are
supposed to be quiet on social issues yet always make nice at league-approved
charity events. That’s ever so the
united way.
In
Minnesota, off-duty police working security for the WNBA Lynx walked out of a
game in protest over the t-shirts. I
like that; the issue is more complex than a few words silk-screened on
non-shrink cotton. But I also like
players exercising their First Amendment rights. Where’s the ACLU when you need them?
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