Posted on 10/28/2021 6:17:06 PM PDT by John W
HOUSTON -- The NAACP sent a letter to the players' associations in five professional sports Thursday asking players to reconsider signing with teams in Texas because of recent laws passed in the state.
In a two-page letter signed by NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson that was sent to the MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL and WNBA players' associations, the organization pointed to recent laws on abortions, voting rights and mask mandates during the coronavirus pandemic as reasons to avoid joining teams in Texas.
"If you are considering signing in Texas, I ask you to ensure that owners are upholding their responsibility of protecting you, the athlete, and your family," the letter states. "I ask you to use your influence to help protect the constitutional rights of each individual at risk."
In May, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an abortion law that bans procedures after six weeks of pregnancy. In September, Abbott signed a bill that significantly tightened voting laws. Earlier in the month, Abbott also issued an executive order that banned vaccine requirements in Texas.
"Over the past few months, legislators in Texas have passed archaic policies, disguised as laws, that directly violate privacy rights and a woman's freedom to choose, restrict access to free and fair elections for Black and brown voters, and increase the risk of contracting coronavirus," the letter says.
The five leagues mentioned by the NAACP in the letter include nine Texas teams: the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers in MLB, the Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs in the NBA, the Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys in the NFL, the Dallas Stars in the NHL, and the Dallas Wings in the WNBA.
At this point it is surprising that the NAACP can afford paper and postage - they are down to 50 dues paying members
Looks to me as if the NAACP is being racist.
This is not the NCAA, it’s the NAACP pressuring pro athletes.
So the NAACP wants to segregate Texas sports teams?
Izzat right?
Sounds like a win, win for the state.
Ditto!
NAA(L)CP: National Association of (Liberal) Colored People, not the NCAA.
This is the shape of our present Cold Civil War.
Vindictive busybodies.
Smart athletes will sign with the team that offers them the best deal.
We don’t need the stupid ones.
The big lie technique is the left's favorite tactic.
Which Dem/leftist *leader* wrote this “call”, for the NAACP?
I am sure Texas will survive.
God Bless that State.
The lower property costs, significantly lower property taxes, no income tax or inheritance taxes, great medical care in Houston and Dallas pretty much outweighs some of the negatives.
Negatives? What negatives? 😏
What is the NAAWP’s position on this?
Oh wait...
The NAACP went to the MARXIST dark side when Rev. Benjamin Chavis, a Communist Party fronts stooge, took over in the 1970s or early 1980s. He later defected to Farrakhan’ NOI..
Other far left NAACP leaders included Rep. Mifume And the psychopathic white-hater, Ben Jealous.
Creepy! Why not just come right out and say, "We know where you live. We know where your children go to school."
"I ask you to use your influence to help protect the constitutional rights of each individual at risk."
...including the lives of the millions of unborn children who are murdered in the womb each year.
Regards,
money is changing hands as we speak.....
BY it’s very name this is a totally racist organization. We are Americans, not white, black, red, yellow, etc.
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