The profit effort would be justifiable as an American pastime, baseball, in a capitalist society, but consider owner Arte Moreno wants to target only a specific group within the Hispanic audience; those who only speak Spanish, and of these most are illegal immigrants (It is estimated that those who Spanish residing in southern California as much as 85% are illegal immigrants). The question is, are making profits and being a winning team justifiable, when it is done as a result of aiding law breaking?
Why are Spanish language broadcasts aiding law breaking ; Consider this fact that;“Despite public opinion to the contrary, the data suggest that U.S. Hispanics--both native born and immigrants--do learn and speak English. After 10 to 15 years in the United States, some 75 percent of all Hispanic immigrants are speaking English regularly, and virtually all their children will speak English. “ http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9221/spanish.htm
Therefore these Spanish broadcasts are intended for the illegal immigrant population, which in turn owner Arte Moreno intends to profit on the back of the legal taxpayers who are footing the bills in terms of civic infrastructure.
Many broadcasters are increasingly turning towards Spanish, but when it comes to the American pastime like baseball as American as apple pie, can we really afford to have greedy people like this allowed to continue the pillaging of Americana?
Get over yourself, nobody is trying to win for illegals. You inability to separate Spanish from Illegals is your problem.
They're just watching the team Americans don't want to watch.
Since my favorite team, the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles, didn't make the playoffs, I'll be rooting for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim instead.
The owner is in a pinch.
He owns a baseball team that resides in an area that has a growing spanish speaking population ( legal and illegal ). It is not the fault of the owner because the government refuses to address an issue it has created.
He is doing what all people in business do: Adapting to a changing customer base to remain profitable. He is doing it legally as well ( as far as I know ). Unlike many other business owners that hire illegals to make a profit.
Well, I think it's nice that they broadcast in Spanish. I quite like the BBC website because they have a Spanish section and I try to read two or three articles every day to keep up with my Spanish. If I lived in California, I would definitely listen to these broadcasts.