He should be barred from competing for the US for his remarks.
What happened to HIS First Amendment right???
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He,like everyone, has the right to say what he wants.
HOWEVER, if you play for the Los Angeles Dodgers and say you do not like Magic Johnson and you refuse to wear the LA uniform cap etc LA has every ‘right’ to suspend or fire you for NOT wearing the uniform as required - which is their ‘right’ so long as they are paying you or you are getting compensation in one form or another.
Besides, if the guy (WHO??) is so morally opposed to represent the USofA, how could he even think of accepting ANYTHING from the Country or its citizens.
OTOH, I am sure enough monies could be raised to allow this guy OR any like him to leave and NEVER darken our shores again.
That is my RIGHT, to donate to such a fund.
Refusal to wear the colors = refusal to wear the uniform. That’s what he said.
It wasn’t his criticism of the trial outcome, but his specific refusal to wear the colors of his country, when his olympic uniform is based specifically on and represent those colors.