- Jan 2022
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Martellus Bennett and Devin McCourty, who earlier in the season raised fists in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick’s national-anthem protest
this is yet another example of athletes expressing how they feel about what is going on in their environment and how can they create change
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If they want a model, they should look toward the W.N.B.A., whose players have been exemplifying thoughtful political expression. Last summer, the W.N.B.A. fined several players for wearing black T-shirts in support of Black Lives Matter at pregame practices; following the next game after the fine was announced, some players refused to discuss basketball, instead using the postgame news conference to talk about police shootings.
on the other hand you have athletes who do not mind talking about politics and the media some of these athletes want to use their voice to promote a cause such as the BLM movement
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Brady had been ignoring these questions for almost a year and a half now, ever since reporters saw a red “Make America Great Again” hat in his locker, but he finally gave in. All he could muster was: “What’s going on in the world? I haven’t paid much attention. I’m just a positive person.”
it seems as if most athletes like Tom Brady attempt to avoid or ignore responding to reporters who talk about politics to revert attention away from them so that they are not personally involved in those things
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Reporters ask questions before and after every game, and when the only thing anyone wants to talk about is Trump, some of those questions will be about the president.
The type of questions reporters are asking most athletes today have something to do with things in politics or in the media they are focusing more on how the athlete feels about what is going on in there environment which tends to affect their dynamic and behavior
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