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global1

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Sun Oct 5, 2025, 02:13 PM Oct 5

Need To Create Ways For Americans To Pressure The Admin & Congress If We Want Change - I'm Saying SPORTS..... [View all]

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Yesterday and again today I'm blown away by all the football games that are being televised all around the country. Stadium after stadium are filled to capacity with people in the stands cheering on their team. To add to that - there's the frenzy of who will be playing in the World Series. So baseball fans are focused on their hometown teams and just ignore what's going on in the rest of the world around them.

Those same people are oblivious to what's been going on around the country with respect to ICE, deportations, raids on American citizens, tear gas, flash bangs, etc - with the military dress, face masks, wielding guns and treating American people like cattle.

And this is not just the (criminals) that is supposedly the reason that they were sent into these cities. They are taking out citizens, elderly, children. They are destroying their living quarters. They are creating a situation of complete fear.

As I thought about this - I pondered this thought. How do you make these fans realize that they are being taken advantage of by keeping their focus on sports and away from politics.

So I came up with this idea. A complete walkout by all athletes from ALL sports around the country - until Congress and this Administration end this political war they're having and come to their senses that a Democracy is the only way to go.

Think about it. If all athletes (ALL SPORTS) just walked off their teams and refused to play - how that would impact on this nation.

Think of the pressure on the colleges that rely on money to fund their programs. Think of the networks that televise these games. Think of the revenue that so many businesses (including the betting houses) would be losing - if there was a complete shutdown of all sports. Think of all the businesses that rely on 'sports money' to make a living. Merch. Bars. Food. Sporting Goods. etc.

I think it would certainly get the attention of those people that fill up those stadiums and have a trickle down effect on all businesses that are making money off these same sports.

So that's my idea. ALL ATHLETES SHOULD A GO ON STRIKE & REFUSE TO PLAY UNTIL THIS NATION CAN FUNCTION AGAIN AS THE GREAT DEMOCRACY THAT THIS NATIONS FOUNDER"S ENVISIONED.

How long do you think people could live without their sports. It would certainly get millions of Americans focused on the problems at hand versus which team will wind up on top.

And I welcome them sending the military to the Super Bowl and Bad Bunny for all the world to see how really screwed up the people that are running this government are.
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Hit them where it hurts the most. Money, Money, Money!!! And the risk of not continuing to rake it in or maybe even losing it big-ly.




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We have a chance coming up next year, and had a chance last November. Winning House would be huge. Silent Type Oct 5 #1
It Would Certainly Be Huge. BUT...... global1 Oct 5 #2
I hope as many people as you think actually care. I'm no longer sure of that, but sincerely appreciate your efforts. Silent Type Oct 5 #4
I Admire Your Enthusiam About The Polls And Elections - BUT.... global1 Oct 5 #5
So, what is your plan if voting is out? Anything else kind of seems anti-democratic, don't you think? Silent Type Oct 5 #6
Read My OP Again - It's All About Applying Pressure...... global1 Oct 5 #10
No sports fan is going to follow, because 90+% don't care. That's the problem. The greatest pressure will Silent Type Oct 5 #12
Of course it's impossible for the markodochartaigh Oct 5 #9
i dont know where u r getting this idea mopinko Oct 5 #3
I think that there are two ways markodochartaigh Oct 5 #7
"Those same people are oblivious to what's been going on around the country" -- that's...quite the generalization. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 5 #8
I'm Not Advocating That The Dems Put This Plan In Motion..... global1 Oct 5 #11
"I would like to see a grassroots campaign initiated and suggested by the 'athlete's' themselves." WhiskeyGrinder Oct 5 #13
So, Nobody Can Multi-Task ProfessorGAC Oct 5 #14
Professional athletes Greg_In_SF Oct 5 #15
There's Power In Numbers - Don't You Think The Billionaires That Own Those Teams....... global1 Oct 5 #16
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