Would this work?

[Sogo]

Black athletes en masse refuse to play their respective sports until there is passage of Voting Rights.

It's not as if they could get fired. Who's gonna take their place?

[I-Scream]

1. Too big of a financial risk. The time it could take would eat up

a significant chunk of an already very condensed athletic career. Those guys don't get 30 or 40 years. That would be a lot to ask of them.

They've already shown a willingness to help during protests, charitable giving and with their time. They definitely do more than their share for communities.

[Sogo]

2. I think the risk would mostly be the owners,'

and they are some of the billionaires who have clout in Congress.

I think things would move pretty quickly if the players brought sports to its knees, especially football and basketball....

[Sogo]

8. Nobody would be asking it of them.

It would have to come from them completely.

But putting it out there for consideration might spark an inspiration.

They have that much power, IMHO....

[Sogo]

10. Charitable giving and doing things for their communities

does not equate to the issue of voting rights. You can report that back to headquarters….

I think the right’s attempt to shut down free and fair elections is going to bite them in the ass one day soon.

[I-Scream]

11. I couldn't possibly list all the causes pro athletes contribute to and support.

I certainly think a player boycott could apply plenty of pressure. I also think a boycott by all or most black athletes for a significant period of time, along with the associated lost income is unrealistic if not impossible. Getting that level of buy-in couldn't happen in my opinion.

[cbabe]

3. I like this. Bring a billion dollar industry to its knees. So to speak.

[Enter stage left]

4. Yeah, during the NFL playoffs...then threaten the same thing during the...

NBA playoffs.

Do you know who would be screaming the loudest, besides the fans?

Las Vegas, and the other of betting capitals of the world! There would be billions, possibly hundreds of billions of dollars potentially lost if the black superstars just said, "Fuck You".

Maybe Manchin & Sinema would get the message from the billionaires funding their insurrection then.



I fully support this idea.

[Sogo]

5. I hadn't even thought about the betting industry....

And the networks would be doing some squirming, too....

[Enter stage left]

6. Good point! The networks could lose billions in advertising revenue...

And could you EVEN IMAGINE the backlash from the viewers?

This needs to go to the greatest threads.

Let's shut down the sporting world until the black athletes have the SAME voting rights everyone else has.

[Enter stage left]

7. ABSOLUTE GENIUS POST!!!

[pandr32]

9. Interesting idea!