Growing Number of US Activist Athletes

What To Do With Them?

In case we aren't aware, more and more American athletes are joining the bandwagon of hating on America. Taking all the opportunities they had and turning around to bite the hand that feeds them. 

But who can blame them?

We all know that the USA is not perfect. Far from it. It states it right in the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States of America: "in order to form a more perfect Union".

The problem is there is really no "union" in the USA and there probably will never be one.

And there is no "pefect", there or anywhere.

Division

We understand the US is not united. There are massive issues with race, gender, age, disability, violence and many many others. And the progress towards unity is slow and even stagnant, and most times it is one step forward, two steps back.

American Sports

But athletes who represent their country overseas shouldn't do so just for the "sole purpose" of protesting on foreign soil.

Of course the idea isn't novel (it has been done since these new activist athletes were even born).

For sure it is a good opportunity to send out the message they want to send out there. (But it's not like some of us haven't seen them on social media yet anyway). 

Bitter Taste

In the end, it just leaves a "bitter" taste in the mouth, especially because the theme of international sports meets are and should be one of friendship, togetherness and fair play. And how many of their foreign competitors would just love to trade places with them? And wanting to tell them, quit while they're ahead. 

In the News Lately

How bad has it become?

It has been in the news that Chelsea Wolfe, who qualified to be an alternate to represent the U.S. in the Tokyo Olympics said previously that her "goal" was to win an Olympic medal just so that she can burn a US flag on the podium.

This was followed by Gwen
Berry who was already sanctioned back in 2019 when she raised a closed fist in the Pan American Games on the medal podium after capturing the gold medal.

She just did this on the medal podium as she qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.

She turned to the side and placed a shirt on top of her head which read Activist Athlete

Berry was quoted to have told reporters that she will continue on with her protests, promising that she will figure out something to do (possibly in the Tokyo Olympics).

Win-Win Proposition

So what can we do for these American athletes who hate on America? And there are alot more in the professional leagues as well, with money, with prestige and power.

Why not we allow them the freedom to go where their heart lies?

Country of Immigrants

Most American athletes are not really Native American. Their family migrated from somewhere -- South, Central or North America, the Caribbean, African continent, Europe, Asia, the Pacific and/or Australia.

People around the world are fed up with our pampered and fully trained and funded American athletes who have been dominating certain sports and sporting events. 

Exchange Athlete Program

So why not have them denounce their American passports (even for a temporary basis) and lend them to the country of where their ancestors came from? Like an exchange athlete program.

I mean wouldn't say Canada want to win a gold medal in the sport James Naismith invented? Wouldn't lots of South American, European and African countries want that too? And not just basketball? 

Let's allow these athletes to put their money where their mouths are. 

Many other countries and their sports coaches and sports prograns would love this! And these American athletes can continue their protesting over there while representing the countries of their forefathers. 

In exchange, the US can take in athletes who are struggling in those countries who would do just about anything to live and train in the US and see for themselves the American dream and understand what American athletes are protesting about.

Any takers?