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| CentralCoaster | Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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This cracked me up today: "Los Suns"!??? WTF? Seems insulting if anything.
 http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball ... to-honor-Phoenix-?urn=nba,238682 Suns to wear 'Los Suns' uniforms to honor Phoenix's Latino community In general, people in the sports world keep their political leanings to themselves. Sure, there are a few guys who regularly speak out on political issues, but for the most part that's considered bad business. As Michael Jordan put it, "Republicans buy shoes too." That's why what the Phoenix Suns are doing is so amazing. The team will be wearing its "Los Suns" jerseys for Wednesday night's Game 2 against the San Antonio Spurs "to honor [the] Latino community and the diversity of our league, the state of Arizona, and our nation." Awesome. The decision to wear the jerseys came from way up the corporate ladder, as team owner Robert Sarver suggested the team wear their Noche Latina alternates. Sarver, who was born and raised in Tucson, said frustration with the federal government's failure to deal with the illegal immigration issue led to the passage of what he called "a flawed state law." "However intended, the result of passing the law is that our basic principles of equal rights and protection under the law are being called into question," he said, "and Arizona's already struggling economy will suffer even further setbacks at a time when the state can ill-afford them." The Suns voted on the jerseys and unanimously decided to wear them for Cinco De Mayo. As if he weren't likeable enough, Phoenix guard Steve Nash(notes) succinctly summed up the Suns' feelings on the issue. "I think it's fantastic," Nash said after Tuesday's practice. "I think the law is very misguided. I think it's, unfortunately, to the detriment of our society and our civil liberties. I think it's very important for us to stand up for things we believe in. As a team and as an organization, we have a lot of love and support for all of our fans. The league is very multicultural. We have players from all over the world, and our Latino community here is very strong and important to us." And it's not just the Suns who are speaking out on this issue. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is on board, and the team even tried to get their "Los Spurs" jerseys, though it was too late to do so. When asked for approval to wear the jerseys, the NBA "was all for it," said Suns general manager Steve Kerr. Furthermore, NBA Players Association executive director Billy Hunter issued a press release, denouncing the law. The recent passage of the new immigration law in Arizona is disappointing and disturbing. The National Basketball Players Association strongly supports the repeal or immediate modification of this legislation. Any attempt to encourage, tolerate or legalize racial profiling is offensive and incompatible with basic notions of fairness and equal protection. A law that unfairly targets one group is ultimately a threat to all. We applaud the actions of Phoenix Suns players and management and join them in taking a stand against the misguided efforts of Arizona lawmakers. We are consulting with our members and our player leadership to determine the most effective way for our union to continue to voice our opposition to this legislation. It's not much, just an extra three letters on the front of a tanktop, but it means a lot more. As Kerr said, the Suns want to "make sure that people understand that we know what's going on and we don't agree with the law itself." For a sports team, that's huge. |
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| Vetron87 | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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Pronto Poncho to the Los Zamboni! Los Red Wings need our help.
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| Matatk | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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The Suns owner just did it to appease all the illegal Mexicans he has cleaning his stadium.
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| Vetron87 | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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Exactly!
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Posted on: 2010/5/5 22:27
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| CentralCoaster | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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I also heard they're going to have "El Ticketo Cheapo" night next Wednesday and give out free gorditas.
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| flyboy | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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If he wants to "honor the Latino community and the diversity of the league" he could put a few of them on the court.
Don't see too many Latinos in the NBA though for some reason. Must be discrimination. |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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If I'm going to support something illegal I guess it would have to be pot ( It's in this country illegally too.) and Jamaican bobsledders.
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| DaleD | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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Arizona is really catching a bad rap. They're trying to do something with a really bad problem. Now they're catching holy heck from every liberal within 3000 miles. I heard a solution to Arizona's problem today:
Meet illegals at the border. Give them a travel voucher good for one way travel to, San Francisco, Denver, or New York City. When the "guest" selects his or her destination, give them a map with a list of services available to "undocumented workers". It would be cheaper for Arizona in the long run, and it would allow places that have expressed outrage to welcome some new residents. |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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You were listening to Rush . LOL |
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| DaleD | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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Guilty as charged! Apparently you were too? |
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| pr0zac | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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losers.. its morons like that why we are never going to get our country back into shape.. keep giving it all away to everyone else. i saw a great facebook post about how americans need a passport to go places and face strict rules in other country's. everyone else can come here have a job free health care a license education and welfare. makes perfect sense.
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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Maybe several million of us should go visit a great country all at the same time and just sorta forget to leave. We could start a new homeland.
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| DaleD | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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That Russian guy that was talking about the USA breaking up may not be too far off the mark. |
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| benny42 | Re: Phoenix Suns appease illegal immigration sympathizers by using Spanglish uniforms | ||
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A protest outside the Astros-Diamondbacks game yesterday
drew a huge crowd of 20 people. The talk-radio stations got a lot of laughs over that. |
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