Posted on 05/15/2010 3:54:36 PM PDT by Libloather
LA Will Boycott Arizona. Will the Lakers Follow?
By Sean Gregory
Saturday, May. 15, 2010
After the Los Angeles City Council passed legislation banning the city from doing any further business with the state of Arizona because of its new law targeting illegal immigration, some Los Angelinos are hoping that the Los Angeles Lakers will get behind the cause. In a bit of serendipitous timing, the Lakers are about to face an Arizona team, the Phoenix Suns, in the NBA Western Conference Finals, starting Monday. Obviously, it would be absurd to expect the Lakers to boycott their series with the Suns. But as the representatives of an area with the largest Hispanic population in the country, could the Lakers take some kind of stance, symbolic or otherwise, against a law that the NBA Players Association has already called "disturbing?" Especially after the government of the city it represents has passed a bold measure? "The Lakers are critical to continuing the momentum," says Los Angeles City Council member Jose Huizar, who moved to the U.S. from Mexico when he was four years old.
Further, several members of the Suns themselves, including star point guard Steve Nash (a Canadian), team general manager Steve Kerr and owner Robert Sarver, have spoken out against the measure, setting an impressive standard for modern-day political expression in sports. For their May 5 playoff game against the San Antonio Spurs, the script on the Suns' jerseys read "Los Suns." The move was both a nod to Cinco de Mayo and a gesture against the immigration measure. Los Suns won the game, 110-102. (See pictures of immigration detention in Arizona.)
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I hear he's relocating to the border so the illegals can loot his house on a daily basis.
Isn’t there some kind of severe monetary penalty if a team fails to show for a game?
How can Freepers support Arizona online? Are there companies we can target and buy from?
The citizens should only boycott the basketball team. The rest of the state is fine.
Come on, Guys. Act on your sincerely held convictions.
So, IOW, this series already guarantees the Suns 3 wins by forfeit.
They're worried about money with times like these?
Ironically, the sweetest revenge would be for the Suns to beat the Lakers.
Buy an Arizona Diamondbacks ball hat and wear it proudly.
I hope so. NBA lost $700 million last year. Be nice to see those fellas go get real jobs.
PetSmart corporate offices are in Phoenix, AZ
Cool. Then Orlando and Boston can play for the championship.
I hope it happens and keeps the issue front an center.
Of course the lakers won’t boycott because that would actually cost them something. All of this other “boycott” tripeis typical lib postruing that doesn’t actually cost them anything.
Some other Freeper said it best: Show up at the Suns arena and demand free attendance, and free food once you are admitted. What’s the difference?
We’ll take forfeits for all games in AZ. Sure.
How many hispanics play on the Suns or the Lakers?
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