Today is A's fan reverse boycott day! Fans will be packing the stadium to show that #Oakland loves their A's, just not their ownership. They will be wearing green 'SELL' t-shirts, and fans at other stadiums will hopefully also be wearing them in solidarity. I can't make the game but will be wearing my A's gear today. #baseball#MLB#SellTheTeam#Athletics
From a three-sports varsity athlete (high school) with various injuries, here’s my “lower middle-class" perspective on NCAA sports:
The parents who are TOTALLY on board with colleges spending millions of dollars on athletics and awarding high-compensation financial aid awards to students excelling in various physical games ...
Are the same parents who mock kids for trying to be professional athletes ‼️
Why are all the fastest sprinters Black? Do people of West African heritage have a genetic (unfair?) advantage? Does it have something to do with slavery?
"Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya was discriminated against by rules forcing her to lower her testosterone levels in order to compete, the European Court of Human Rights has found."
“I had to sacrifice myself to be the best that I am. There were days when I lived in the dark. Days where I didn’t want to wake up,” she remembers. “Those are the things that people don’t understand when World Athletics says: ‘Take this medication.’ Fuck them. Those motherfuckers must go take the medication themselves, then tell us how they feel"
I and others have made this point before; it bears repeating.
This is the final act of a long-running drama in which the interests of very wealthy white owners and fans are prioritised over working-class fans, many of whom are minorities. The #Oakland#Athletics draw working families of color. Who are now left behind.
I love this team and I will follow them. It's Fisher's team. He can do what he wants with it. But I need to say that that's what's happening here.
Hanging out at Scottish East District League athletics in Grangemouth today, waiting for discus to start. Might be the last year here as Grangemouth stadium (like many other Scottish sporting facilities) is threatened with closure.