Posted on 05/05/2010 6:09:44 AM PDT by tobyhill
The Phoenix Suns will wear "Los Suns" on their jerseys in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals on Wednesday night, owner Robert Sarver said, "to honor our Latino community and the diversity of our league, the state of Arizona, and our nation."
The decision to wear the jerseys on the Cinco de Mayo holiday stems from a law passed by the Arizona Legislature and signed by Gov. Jan Brewer that has drawn widespread criticism from Latino organizations and civil rights groups that say it could lead to racial profiling of Hispanics. President Barack Obama has called the law "misguided."
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Just imagine, some multi-millionare had this thought:
“Golly, how can we alienate 70% of the population of the state that supports us, and show support for the 30% of the population who can’t afford to come to our games?”””
One would think that someone able to afford a multi-million franchise of a major sports team could read well enough to READ the law that Gov. Brewer signed.
One would also think that this multimillionaire owner could have had a personal audience with the lawmakers who thought there was enough of a problem to draw up this bill.
Proves that money doesn’t follow brains, I guess.
Silly...don’t you know the NBA rule on travelling?
It’s only a travelling violation if the dunk is missed or is not good enough to make the Sportscenter highlights...otherwise it’s fine.
The Los Ers
There is a great need for a conservative organization that would encourage boycotts of organizations that cave into boycott pressure for leftist groups. I think that is the only thing that would stop some of these cowardly organizations and businesses from caving in.
The city of Oakland approved a boycott measure last night, against Arizona.
I say we boycott those cities that actually do follow through, in accordance with their religion, boycotting Arizona.
Oakland is an easy one. Don’t go there. SFO sadly, they made my list.
Too late. I quit watching all pro sports after they started going on strike because $1,000,000.00 wasn’t enough to live on for a year.
Pro Baseball, Football, Hockey, & Basketball is not watched in my house. We will watch some soccer if my son is home.
I watch college sports, both men and women. I will not support rich cry-baby thugs whine because they are not rich enough.
I also will not watch actors and actresses or listen to music by artists who put down my country.
It is difficult to attack directly Suns owner Robert Sarver who has majority interests in bank holdings (Western Alliance Bank Corporation, Bank of Nevada, etc.,) and in real estate.
“The “Los Suns” and “Los Spurs” and “Los Lakers” jerseys have been around for a lot longer than this new law, and wearing the jerseys has everything to do with Cinco de Mayo.”
If it’s ok to wear ‘Los Suns,’ ‘Los Spurs,’ and ‘Los Lakers’ jerseys to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, which is a celebration of the Mexicans beating the French in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, then surely it must be ok on February 2, to wear ‘Saint Joseph Sharks’ in lieu of ‘San Jose Sharks’ jerseys, or ‘The Angels Kings’ in lieu of ‘Los Angeles Kings’ jerseys to celebrate the victory of the United States over Mexico in the Mexican-American war on February 2, 1848.
Los Idiots ... says it all.
Shouldn’t that read “Los Sols”? Oh, that’s right it’s the NBA. ‘nuff said.
NBA Thugs offer support for Hispanic Thugs.
Shouldn’t they wear “Los Sols”?
Idiots.
Using his stupid logic, let’s just all speak Spanish to show our support for the Latino Community, whatever that is.
But dare we ask the Latino Community to reciprocate and show support for the rest of us, those that call themselves AMERICANS? What would that look like?
Show up to the game without a ticket and tell them you demand to be treated like a regular fan and deserve a seat. If they ask to see your ticket after your demands then scream that they are acting like Nazi Germany — tell them you aren’t an illegal fan but just undocumented.
Keep out of politics! You idiots haven’t even read the
legislation.
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