By Ron Meyer
Published by Human Events
As an Arizona native, the Phoenix Suns have been my favorite basketball team, and even after I moved out of Arizona, Steve Nash’s prolific style of play kept me following the Suns. While I’m happy they won their playoff game against the Spurs Wednesday night, I’m disappointed in the way Nash and “Los Suns” have reacted to Arizona’s new immigration law.
It’s not unusual for teams to wear Spanish jerseys on special occasions, especially in the Southwest.Wednesday night was different; the Suns decided to enter the political arena by wearing these “Los Suns” jerseys with an intended purpose.
Suns owner Robert Sarver went above and beyond celebrating Latino culture when he said this in a team statement: “The frustration with the federal government’s failure to deal with the issue of illegal immigration resulted in passage of a flawed state law. However intended, the result of passing this law is that our basic principles of equal rights and protection under the law are being called into question, and Arizona’s already struggling economy will suffer even further setbacks at a time when the state can ill-afford them.”
Comments like these prove that sports people ought to stick with sports.
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