When Politics And Sports Collide
Trump vs NFL and the involvement of politics in sports players and fan bases
Sports and pop culture have been trending more political in recent years, even before the beginning of the 2016 election cycle. This has been especially true in the world of sports, with the increase of activism amongst NBA players against police brutality and in favor of black lives matter, a trend that extended into the NFL last year with Colin Kaepernick taking a knee, and other players joining with him then and in the first weeks of this football season. Sports channels have even gotten more political in the recent years. ESPN has embraced the culture wars by taking a liberal side to their broadcast. There are very few shows on the network that don’t bring politics into it nearly every day, and their ratings have declined because of it.