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MLB ready to discuss moving All-Star game out of Georgia due to "voter suppression" laws
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:38 am
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:38 am
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The 91st MLB All-Star Game is scheduled to be played in Atlanta this July.
But on Thursday, in the wake of voting-restriction legislation signed into law by the Georgia governor, the executive director of the MLB Players Association said the players are ready to discuss moving their annual midsummer exhibition out of Georgia.
“Players are very much aware” of the Georgia voting bill, which places restrictions on voting that some believe will make it particularly difficult for Black voters to reach the polls, said Tony Clark in an interview with the Globe. “As it relates to the All-Star Game, we have not had a conversation with the league on that issue. If there is an opportunity to, we would look forward to having that conversation.”
The bill supported by the Republican-majority state legislature drew national attention Thursday, with President Joe Biden describing it and similar attempts in other states as “pernicious” and “un-American” and that it “makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.”
A Los Angeles Times column on Thursday called for MLB to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta.
The 91st MLB All-Star Game is scheduled to be played in Atlanta this July.
But on Thursday, in the wake of voting-restriction legislation signed into law by the Georgia governor, the executive director of the MLB Players Association said the players are ready to discuss moving their annual midsummer exhibition out of Georgia.
“Players are very much aware” of the Georgia voting bill, which places restrictions on voting that some believe will make it particularly difficult for Black voters to reach the polls, said Tony Clark in an interview with the Globe. “As it relates to the All-Star Game, we have not had a conversation with the league on that issue. If there is an opportunity to, we would look forward to having that conversation.”
The bill supported by the Republican-majority state legislature drew national attention Thursday, with President Joe Biden describing it and similar attempts in other states as “pernicious” and “un-American” and that it “makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.”
A Los Angeles Times column on Thursday called for MLB to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta.
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Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:39 am to Byrdybyrd05
We are living in the last days of the US.
When requiring ID to vote is controversial, your nation is lost.
When requiring ID to vote is controversial, your nation is lost.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:40 am to Byrdybyrd05
Libs 
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:42 am to Byrdybyrd05
We know
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:43 am to Byrdybyrd05
buying a RPG is easier than voting y’all!!
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:43 am to Byrdybyrd05
I can’t understand why anyone would take issue with an ID being required to vote
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:46 am to Byrdybyrd05
frick MLB - throwing out all my gear and good riddance
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:46 am to Byrdybyrd05
lol where does this line of thinking end
the MLB has a team in Georgia, maybe all players should refuse to play for the MLB
the MLB has a team in Georgia, which is part of the United States. Why should any player want to play and get a paycheck from an organization with ties to the United States?
Clown country with the most pussified, mentally weak “athletes” in the fricking world
the MLB has a team in Georgia, maybe all players should refuse to play for the MLB
the MLB has a team in Georgia, which is part of the United States. Why should any player want to play and get a paycheck from an organization with ties to the United States?
Clown country with the most pussified, mentally weak “athletes” in the fricking world
This post was edited on 3/27/21 at 11:48 am
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:49 am to Byrdybyrd05
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restrictions on voting that some believe will make it particularly difficult for Black voters to reach the polls,
Why do black voters have such a hard time presenting a valid ID?
And let's assume this happens, how is moving to another state going to rectify the situation?
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:54 am to WG_Dawg
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And let's assume this happens, how is moving to another state going to rectify the situation?
They aren’t trying to rectify anything. It’s just a temper tantrum to “send a message” to the next person/place/group that thinks about not giving them a toy they want.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:55 am to WG_Dawg
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Why do black voters have such a hard time presenting a valid ID?
It makes Stacey Abrams's ballot harvesting operation more difficult.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 11:55 am to Byrdybyrd05
Here’s how easy it is to be a “journalist” in 2021. Just put whatever absurd line of thinking you can and how, in the end, it affects a minority/protected class.
Headline: MLB suggests moving All Star Game, hurting black owned businesses
Atlanta, one of the most diverse cities in America boasts one of the largest collections of black owned businesses. Now, after a year of lockdowns due to Covid-19, which is disproportionately affected American Americans and black owned businesses, the MLB is discussing moving it’s all Star Game.
The economic effects of such a move is disaster to those businesses, as well as black stadium employees, who have already missed a year of paychecks. Why does the MLB want to take money out of black peoples pockets?
Tweet it, print it, spread the word. Can’t let this stand!
Headline: MLB suggests moving All Star Game, hurting black owned businesses
Atlanta, one of the most diverse cities in America boasts one of the largest collections of black owned businesses. Now, after a year of lockdowns due to Covid-19, which is disproportionately affected American Americans and black owned businesses, the MLB is discussing moving it’s all Star Game.
The economic effects of such a move is disaster to those businesses, as well as black stadium employees, who have already missed a year of paychecks. Why does the MLB want to take money out of black peoples pockets?
Tweet it, print it, spread the word. Can’t let this stand!
This post was edited on 3/27/21 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 3/27/21 at 12:04 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Enough is enough with this fricking bullshite.
You should require fricking id to vote. My goodness.
If you can't get ID for some special medical issue then there are still ways in place to vote.
You should require fricking id to vote. My goodness.
If you can't get ID for some special medical issue then there are still ways in place to vote.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 12:05 pm to Byrdybyrd05
What about the Braves? You guys going to move them out too, or are you overreacting like a bunch of fricking pussies?
Posted on 3/27/21 at 12:05 pm to Eighteen
Exactly. What a bunch of fricking idiots.
So sick of this fricking clown world.
So sick of this fricking clown world.
Posted on 3/27/21 at 12:09 pm to Byrdybyrd05
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This post was edited on 4/3/23 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 3/27/21 at 12:10 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Good play Tony. Good play. Sell a bunch of Cubans and Venezuelans on the idea of the Oppressed American voters.
Pedro came over on a raft to escape the Castro regime. Jose's family and friends are being robbed in the streets of Venezuela because Maduro destroyed their once rich and thriving economy. But sure. Americans have it rough because those Nazi Republicans want to have.....voter ID verification.
This post was edited on 3/27/21 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 3/27/21 at 12:11 pm to Byrdybyrd05
MLB is lame
Posted on 3/27/21 at 12:13 pm to msutiger
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Someone just tell Sean Doolittle to shut the frick up
This fricking guy. You just know he and his dumbass wife are the ones shrieking at the players association to make this a thing.
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