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Sports ‘Torn Apart By The Constant Bombardment Of Leftist Ideology’: Patriots Super Bowl Champ Talks Woke Sports

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FOXBORO, MA - MAY 11: Jake Bequette 66# of the New England Patriots speaks during a press conference before the start of 2012 Rookie Mini Camp at Gillette Stadium on May 11, 2012 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)
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After last month’s decision by Major League Baseball to move their annual All-Star game out of Atlanta, GA in reaction to the state’s new election laws, the conversation surrounding sports leagues and their involvement in politics has reached a fever pitch. 

Aubrey Huff, a 13-year MLB veteran and two-time World Series champion, told The Daily Wire that “players were blindsided” and that “This had nothing to do with race. This had nothing to do with politics. This had everything to do with money.”  

MLB’s decision to bow down to the woke mob was a reminder to conservatives that not only do their beliefs fall on deaf ears, they are dismissed entirely. Sports organizations making decisions based on which way the political winds are blowing at the time, have driven conservatives away from the games. 

Jake Bequette, former New England Patriots tight end and United States Army veteran, went a step further than Huff and voiced his displeasure on the decision in an exclusive interview with The Daily Wire. 

“Yeah, it was ludicrous,” Bequette told The Daily Wire. “The only losers here are the small business owners, who would have had a tremendous economic impact right there in Atlanta and the surrounding suburbs, from the All-Star Game. And it was just another attempt of virtue signaling by these pro sports leagues. You know, the hypocrisy, as I’m sure you’re aware, is extremely, extremely obvious.”

“The 2016 election obviously happened, the MLB hosted the 2017 All Star game in Miami, and Florida has mandatory voter ID laws and fewer days of early voting than Georgia does. And you can’t even really engage in the hypocrisy because it’s just transparent virtue signaling. It was MLB’s attempt to show that they’re on the side of the Left. It really is a shame because the people who are really hurt by this are the small business owners. A group that I’m working to help so it makes me angry.”

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The decision by Major League Baseball had many questioning whether the players had any say in the matter. And while a league like the NBA undoubtedly leans Left, the political views of members of the NFL and MLB are less obvious. 

“I’m not sure if I could put a number on it but I think it’s more than you might suspect,” Bequette said when asked about the number of conservatives in the NFL.  “We used to joke, there may be a lot of guys who come into professional sports that have a left leaning mindset or background, but once they see the tax withholding from that first paycheck, or that first signing bonus, it’ll make you a conservative really quick.” 

Sports used to be the one aspect of life where Americans could come together and simply enjoy the atmosphere and athletic feats that come with viewing a game. There was a solace that came with sports and the total absence of daily political disagreements. 

Those days are long gone – a fact that Bequette finds disgraceful. 

“It’s really a shame to see what’s happened over the past five or six years since I left the game, in terms of just politics, and especially leftist ideology,” Bequette said. “You know, coming into professional sports in particular, I think that, tragically, sports is one of the last institutions that unites us in this country. And it’s really a disgrace in my mind to see it torn apart by just the constant bombardment of leftist ideology from the media, and it’s permeating through those locker rooms.”

The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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