One big problem with sports-as-politics: there's no actual discourse going on. We see an athlete sit, or stand, and we individually decide we know why. We shouldn't expect athletes to act as social and political proxies. Some may choose to (like Kap), but its unfair to expect that level of engagement from all of them. For a lot of people, social justice culture wars just don't matter that much.
One big problem with sports-as-politics: there's no actual discourse going on. We see an athlete sit, or stand, and we individually decide we know why. We shouldn't expect athletes to act as social and political proxies. Some may choose to (like Kap), but its unfair to expect that level of engagement from all of them. For a lot of people, social justice culture wars just don't matter that much.