I don’t really care about baseball, but if the MLB was really concerned about this voting law and this wasn’t all just for show, why are they only stopping with the All Star Game? If this law is as repugnant as they say it is, and they believe it is so important to insert themselves into state politics, shouldn’t the league in good conscience commit itself to boycotting every league activity in the state? If this is the moral issue of our time, how is it ok to stop at one event?
Maybe they can’t make the Braves move out of Atlanta or any minor league team relocate, but they could refuse to pay per diem to league staff who attend games if the per diem contributes to the Georgia tax base. They could restrict travel in and through Ga for league officials, they could take Braves merch off league-approved clothing sale websites. If moving the all star game is justified, how is it justified to stop at just the all star game?
There’s been some chatter that MLB is now worried over black-owned businesses which will suffer because of the game being moved, and maybe some kind of compensation would occur.
I’m guessing that a dozen owners are now demanding a meeting with the Commissioner and asking where the funds will come from, and won’t it appear pretty racists if you only compensate black-owned vendors? The comical side of this...you will have some non-black run vendors who employ a majority of their employees who are black...how will you compensate them?
MLB won’t have an explanation for the owners, and that will be the tipping point where Manfred gets fired. New guy will arrive and within 24 hours....approve the 2022 All-Star Game for Atlanta (thats my prediction).