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The politics of professional athletes are a clear reflection of league demographics.

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[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You don't have to subscribe to the politics to enjoy watching the sport.

It's not just hockey, pretty much any highly paid sport will have the players skew to the right politically. Tom Brady, Mike Tyson, Pete Sampras, Don King, Arnold Palmer, Shaquille O'Neal, Dennis Rodman, and many many others.

You'd pretty much have to stop watching all sport to avoid MAGAs.

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

I really did stop watching all sports because of it. And it’s not skewing to the right anymore, it’s people supporting a child rapist administration.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

sports is one of the cornerstones to the american ~~dream~~ illusion, which is used (in combination with other pillars) to keep americans dumb and compliant while their oligarchs squeeze them for every last $ they can.

bread and circuses

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

It really is, I’ll watch PL still but dropping out on nhl and mlb has only helped my mental health. The amount of commercials constantly blasted at you makes it feel like psychological warfare