Sigi's tips: Standstill as the driving force of the protests

Sigi Heinrich has been a sports reporter and TV commentator for decades.

Standstill……No ball flies through the air or is pushed with elemental force from above into a basket that hangs at a height of 3,05 meters. No dribbles or surprise passes. Nothing. Standstill...The best basketball league in the world in the USA (NBA) canceled an entire game day in the leisure paradise at the final tournament in Orlando after a game boycott by the Milwaukee Bucks. The women's league followed. The baseball players joined in.

Football was no longer played either. Because it happened again. The act of violence against an African American in Kenosha, near the home of the Bucks, took protests against ongoing racism in the United States to a new level. Jakob Blake was so badly injured with seven shots in the back that it was a miracle that he survived. He will remain paraplegic. Exactly four years ago to the day, football player Colin Kaepernick knelt during the playing of the national anthem in protest against police violence. And since then? Standstill... All announcements of changes towards a society in which discrimination based on origin should no longer exist were nothing more than lip service. Now sport is using its special role in society and the attention it generates to point out the grievances that continue to be widespread. Sport turns the tables. This is a new dimension, a complete reorientation. Politicians in the VIP area Until now, sport has been exploited by politics. He was a willing plaything of various interests. The many boycotts of the Olympic Games alone reveal brutally how sporting events have been exploited by governments of all forms of government. This started before the Second World War and actually only ended in 1992 in Barcelona, the first games that can be described as “boycott-free” with a clear conscience. Politicians also like to bask in the glory of sport. They sit in the comfortable seats in the VIP area and, of course, keep their fingers crossed for their team. And they still try to use sport to underline their different political orientations by winning as many medals as possible. The limits of fair play have long been ignored. The potential success seems to justify all means. Sport is being raped. A strong sign But unfortunately he has allowed this to happen so far. Because sports officials continue to squeeze into places next to politicians of all stripes. The topic of “human rights”, for example, is completely ignored when awarding major events. Ecological concerns? None.

Sport is submissive, even though it has the power to change structures with clear commitments and a clear requirement profile. He could show his muscles instead of supporting those who only pursue their politics to maintain their own power. Now the tide could turn for the first time. The strike by the various leagues in the USA shows great solidarity and puts a finger in the wound more clearly than ever before. The failure of their politics is made clear to the millions of fans across the country. A politics that cannot or does not want to change anything and that in many important social issues only knows one aggregate state: standstill...

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Sigi's tips: Standstill as the driving force of the protests

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