This is exactly how to fight back against the insufferable leftist politics that is infecting everything. Today President Trump has called for a boycott of Major League Baseball.
If these corporations realize their actions will cause 80 to 100 million people to stop using their products, they will feel the scale of their financial position being crushed. Keep in mind MAGA supporters are the people who economically represent the largest audience with a greater percentage of their income available for recreational purchasing decisions.
If the America First middle-class stop purchasing all products generated by MLB, not just tickets but everything, then Major League Baseball will collapse financially. The downstream consequences to the people inside MLB are exponential. Good luck getting a lucrative employment contract amid a sport that starts declining….
They are taking everything that has meant “America” and turning it against Americans. Coke started in Georgia. They live in Atlanta. Delta’s home is Atlanta. The Braves are a Georgian and American institution. This slap against free and fair elections in Georgia is slapping all Americans and their rights. Yes, slap them back!
Coke also makes
Minute maid
Smartwater
And other products like fanta
Read labels!
I was wondering how many other products are manufactured under Coca Cola
Handy pictorial chart of who owns what brands.
This chart has been posted before here I believe, this covers a HUGE percentage of brands owned by the few companies.
Thank you so much!! This chart is great!!
Bookmarked it for future reference, thanks.
Download this, only up for 30 days at postimage that I got at:
https://gizmodo.com/fascinating-graphic-shows-who-owns-all-the-major-brands-1599537576
They have more charts there for cars, banking and others.
It is shocking (or perhaps sad) as I believe 90+% of everything is now owned by less that about 50 mega corporations.
This chart is a tremendously informative asset. We ought to circulate this and get it on every refrigerator of the 100 million patriot Maga movement voters who are also Tax payers.
Great Get, My Magic Wand
Also Dasani Water and in some areas distributer for Dr. Pepper.
And Fairlife high protein milk.
There goes the Sprite and Fanta Strawberry soda….
So true Sarah and except for the nice 100% juice of Minute Maid all of their stuff is sugary crap.
I did and rather profanely.
https://www.mlb.com/official-information/contact
They aren’t taking it…..we are letting them have it…..there are more of us than them…..
FIGHT BACK/PUSH BACK!!
I am recommitting to getting better at martial arts, shooting, and outdoor skills. (I’m a vet who was a competitve boxer for many years.) I’m in my 60s or I would be learning how to play rugby
Children who are timid benefit greatly from self-defense … and there are instructors who are family friendly.
I was a 97 pound weakling who learned how to fight as a teenager. I looked like Buddy Holly but could fight like Johnny Cash.
Hook up with other families whose beliefs are patriotic and God-fearing. You can put together sports competitions to your own liking. One of my former girlfriends married a FIlipino-American … and he mixed in self-defense with their play. Even their little girls could kick a man in the shins or the package and make it count.
And its been fast and furious!
Millionaire players high on steroids does not really say “America” much any more and the MLB as well as those juiced up NBA and NFL players went anti-America quite awhile ago.
Baseball will always belong to the families who play it on summer evenings and kids who play pick up games in sand lots not to the over paid pros.
The Major League Baseball pros can go far far away but real Americans will always have their Baseball.
Kids will have their baseball bats leaning against the wall in their rooms and they will have their baseball gloves hanging off their door knobs or their bed posts.
America will always have its Baseball.
Excellent! The best point raised is: “How many blacks did Coka Cola kill with type II diabetes?
I wish Tucker would clarify that we live in a constitutional republic and not a pure democracy.
Agree. Then again that is what Liberals say.
Georgia, treat MLB and their corporate sponsors like you just did to Delta Airlines. Rescind any state subsidizes they receive.
The bill to cancel Delta’s exemption from the fuel tax increase that Governor Deal forced upon the people of Georgia will cost them more than $20 million a year. It passed the Georgia House, but the legislature ended before the Senate could take it up. They will address this again next session when, hopefully, things have settled down.
Per John Fredericks the LT Gov stopped it. Gotta get him out
America is not Coke, sports, Hollywood, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, or Google. These things are just cancerous tumors that take our time and money. America is our people, who are tied to our land and each other.
From my subjective perspective, sports is not in the same category as the others on your list. Sports is a conduit for fellowship, socialization, competition and celebration. “Our” sports are part of our cultural fabric, which is exactly why the left has come after them. It is about the destruction of OUR culture, our unique and exceptional national personality. Destroy that, infiltrate our nation with third world cultures, worship “diversity” and POOF!, our once great people are left to die out. Oprah can’t wait.
I agree. My sons and husband played sports, and pushed themselves hard. They came up against fierce competitors, learned to dig deep and to sacrifice for something bigger than the moment. They learned what teamwork was, and to care about more than just their own goals. They learned about winning. And losing. And competing another day.
Nevertheless, I believe a boycott is the right action.
Great comment.oldschool.
As is yours Menagerie, TY. You note more positive facets of sports impacting the growth and development of our children.
Exactly correct and right on, Menagerie.
I agree Menagerie.
Sports are great, especially when we engage in them ourselves.
Not quite as good when we pay others millions to do so while we watch hours and hours each week.
Sports are also a great way for families to bond.
Nothing is as much fun as watching a grand kid run the bases for grandpa who claims he is too old to run but will still bat.
Said grandkid, usually about 4 or 5, will run his or her little heart out for grandpa barreling as fast as their little legs will carry them while both teams cheer them on.
Well said Oldschool.
Nothing better than a local community game of little league. We can get behind community sports where we engage with one another. Major league sports build their arenas with our tax dollars and hate us and our country. They are a big club and we ain’t in it!
Excellent points Liberty
So true Liberty bell.
The Major League sports build their massive expensive arenas with our tax dollars while our tiny little community teams scrape together money for their T-shirts.
Well said, Nick.
Got news there are large areas of the country where most of the residents have no ties to the land or Americans. And thatis only growing with the open border.
Many, if not most, of the “refugees/illegals” that come to our country care nothing about it – they only come for what’s in it for them. I live in San Diego and have seen Mexicans in this country illegally, partaking of whatever goodies they can get, parade openly carrying the Mexican flag. That is where their true loyalty lies. Anyone parading in our country with the flag of another country should have the flag ripped from them and be deported to that country.
So true NIck, I was amazed at how much sugary crap I was pouring down my throat and how much TV and time wasting DVDs were were watching at the end of the day.
The lazy lie style can really creep up and I was not raised that way.
So easy to just wan to “kick back” after working barely 8 hours ( at a desk job for crying out loud) and then sit around for FIVE OR SIX HOURS EVER NIGHT.
Night after night after night after night while the kids watch TV and mom and dad veg.
Twenty years could have gone by if my husband and I had not caught sight of ourselves one night and were horrified at where we were headed.
But that is another long boring story.
So good luck people things can change and we can make a difference.
The 80,000,000 to 100,000,000 million people that could stop buying products from companies being directed by stupid people –
I daresay that would be more than 30% of the population!
I do not even want to say “woke” unless it is when referring to “go woke go broke” (with quotation marks)!
and of course, “go woke go broke” rhymes beautifully with Coke!
How many of the 80 million who work to feed their families and pay their rent work at these corporations? Alot!
So making them lay off the working class people is exactly what the communist dems want.
Not to mention, the CEO s and upper mgmt will not be hurt. They have enough money to fly anywhere in the world and retire.
So it is a win win for the Soros cabal.
You may be right a lot work for big corporations. We need to start thinking independently. Corporations have NO loyalty and never will. America was built on small business, community and independent thinking. We need to be creative and change our thought processes and start to dissolve our reliance on corporations. It may not be easy but the alternative is we just throw up our hands and say, “Soros wins”.
It is about time. Sleeping Giants have been destroying us. I will continue to advocate for #BoycottOrlando.
Everything about Orlando is out to destroy those who refuse to yield their rights to the government.
It would be cool for President Trump to pick and help develop new sporting leagues. There is probably a professional paint ball league, Ttump should show up to a match. The same way that many liked NASCAR for the pit and crews, he could develop a drone sports racing league Drone Racing Air Water Surface, DRAWS. Part of the entertainment is the racing but part is the tech and building. You have the driver and the team, great STEM stepping stone for kids. As robots take jobs, someone needs to fix the robots…
Also, from a charity standpoint, Trump should do a televised gala every year honoring fallen cops and firefighters. Invite families, big dinner at Lago, tell their stories, honor their legacies, raise money for education funds for their kids or other associated cause. Make it like the old Jerry Lewis telethon but American Heroes and American stories. Do it the same night as the ESPN award show.
Nothing wrong with kids playing baseball, football or basketball. My Grandson loves coach pitch and is learning so many good things while surrounded by great coaches, teammates and encouraging families. The vast majority of our opponents are sportsmen and gentlemen. MLB? Who cares!
So true Iron Man.
I just have never under stood the idea of watching some one do something.
I believe there are televised poker games now.
We can watch people cook, play cards, fish and even sew on TV.
What happened to going out and fishing in a boat with your buddies or having a quilting bee with you friends.
My old grandma use to hang a quilt from the ceiling and bring it down when she wanted to quilt it with her lady friends.
They would quilt for a few hours on an afternoon then back up to the ceiling it would go for a few days.
I was fascinated by the whole rig-a-ma-role and have never seen anything like it since.
I guess now days people just watch quilting on the TV.
OK you might be spreading the President a bit thin with this scope change. LoL
Gave up cable in 2012. Have two horses, two bikes, hiking shoes, running shoes and a local gym that we’ve been going to since they reopened. Don’t need to watch anyone else play sports. Going to make a corn hole game or set up horseshoes when we have friends over.
I was a fan of baseball for 25 years, but I’ve been boycotting Major League Baseball since the last time the overpaid fools went on strike during the 1994-95 season. It was the eight strike of Major League Baseball and I was tired of it and done with them. This certainly is not going to bring me back to baseball.
Many of us turned off after that strike. While I am a big fan of turning my back and not supporting organizations or people who are out to destroy us, it doesn’t seem to have much of an effect. Sure companies like Gillette may suffer losses, NFL sheds viewers, CNN, FOX drop in ratings, so what? They don’t seem to care.
What really drove this home to me was the willingness of print media to ignore and leave billions(?) on the table when it came to FLOTUS. Melania Trump was arguably THE most beautiful and interesting FLOTUS in our country’s history and not one single cover story on her, her history,bio, projects of hers, nada. Why is the corporate world so willing to cut off revenue streams?
I have only bought one magazine in the last 5 years. It was Arizona Highways’ last copy about the Horse.
I will never buy any fashion, home, ladies or other magazines where political wives are shown ever again.
And I never peek at them in the grocery’s waiting line or in any waiting room.
Former magazine junkie–mostly home decor types–now all that is featured is homes of gay men and biracial couples. I am frightened by the coordinated onslaught of anti-white propaganda being pushed by every facet of society and culture. It is not subtle anymore.
First issue of the year Veranda..”Preservation today can be a form of activism and a pathway for equity”. This was mainly written on the South, Antebellum homes, culture and otherwise very negative. The subscription was a Christmas gift from my atheist lib dil which I cancelled when I received it and read the EL. Yep, with you here on being a decor junkie, magazine buyer and have quit because they are becoming more expensive than books, and the content is well, as you said it, not even subtle anymore. I even see Magnolia changing a bit. Noticed however, European magazines still do “Christmas” issues and call it what it is. Jeanne d’Arc Living out of Denmark is good but pricey and sold in few places, so I pick one up every now and then.
Voici:
https://www.jeannedarcliving.dk/_ul/default.aspx
It is so blatant , and somehow they always manage some glowing tidbit and about Michelle Obama –I knew that Chip and Joanna had gone “woke” when they were featured with Jennifer Lopez and also had Laura Bush on the show and Joanna was giddy meeting her. PUKE
I agree Kristin and I have not either, and I know there are many of us out there and I know that we have had an effect in the bottom line of many corporations we have boycotted, but I am still perplexed by the corps willing to cut off their revenue streams. It is not true capitalism, so what is going on? Why don’t they care? Somebody is taking care of them.
Or they think that some one will take care of them or hey have been promised that they will be taken care of by some one oldschool.
“They” might be in for the surprise of a life time.
Sure hope so!
Perhaps the businesses, or the principal officers, have other revenue streams that are predicted on taking their progressive stands.
I wouldn’t e surprised if money from outfits like foreign intelligence services, and CIA shell companies, launder money to these failing media companies through overpriced, or nonexistent, advertisements.
Most of the Democrat’s MSM public relations firms are subsidiaries of large conglomerates. The conglomerates rake in government largesse in exchange for propaganda favorable to the Democrat-Progressive. The subsidiaries are loss leaders. Their revenues are a blip on the conglomerates P & L.
Do you think Jeff Bezos cares if the WaPo loses money when Congress passes legislation that favors the Amazon business model?
I am thinking along those same lines. It is the only explanation for corporate boards, executives to cut income streams, they have a larger, underground source filling their well. I almost said that a deep dive analysis on this would be interesting, but frankly, I cannot take any more analysis without ability to act. At some point, our dollars will matter. They will run out of people to tax and we need to live minimally as far as material concerns, and maximally with our spirit and fellowship.
Appreciate your response.
Another possibility is the CEOs are all part of the ruling class club and just tow the line. Living in a bubble makes it impossible to believe others have views different from the “wokeness” now invading corporate culture after the preceding diversity reign of terror. Even if they don’t believe it, they must profess it to get their meal ticket stamped.
There’s a book titled The Ruling Class (2011) By professor Angela Codevilla that describes the type and how the whole class is degenerating due to lack of new blood and new ideas. Conformity is a death sentence for any organization. It may take decades, but eventually the rot destroys it.
The “elite” universities from where they come are degenerating as well. I have little respect for the Ivy League types and I have personally witnessed the damage they can do to a company. They aren’t necessarily smarter than the graduates of other universities, just better connected.
Predicated
I hate auto spell changes
Love your posts Oldschool!
Maybe become its “ early days”
They knew PDJT was only going to be in office for four years, and we know why.
As I learned here, billions are chump change to these guys.
As Sundance says trillions are at stake!
Also the egomaniacal personalities of these sociopaths is as with all Sociopath, off the charts.
PDJT crushed them in 2016.
They can never forget that.
PDJT calling for a formal boycott has the world on notice as regards free and fair elections.
Alinsky like IMO
TY Dekester and I have also appreciated your posts over these years. You are a fantastic neighbor and friend to all of us south of the border. I agree, DJT came out of left field and sucker punched them. What a time to be alive wasn’t it? Spent that holiday season pinching myself! Surreal. Unfortunately for us, they learn fast and make the corrections. They have almost unlimited resources and power, BUT DJT isn’t done yet and I have zero problem boycotting anything he or other patriots call for. After this past year of so many losses that came with separation, restrictions and isolation of our families, especially the children, sick, elderly and dying, boycotting baseball? ha, a walk in the park. Perspective, reset priorities.
You make a very excellent comment about the personalities of these CEOs Dekester.
You comment as to how they are probably sociopaths is right on the money and in that we can not possible understand the decisions they make and why they come to them.
We live and make decisions on such a different level and such a different course for our lives that we will never make sense of how these people live and work.
The one thing we can always count on is that they are and always will be our enemy.
The days of the American companies working for and their stock holders and the American consumer and long over.
We, the American People are on our own.
I quit for a while then friends got me back and it was the only major sport other than motorcycle racing I would bother to attend and these clowns capitulated to a small organized group of “non-profits” funded by Communist and Socialist (Socialist are just patient Commies).
I notified them they are dead to me today. https://www.mlb.com/official-information/contact
This is how we do it
BOYCOTT I AM ALL IN
They must choose their audience
They can choose Americans, the normals
Or they can choose the wokesters
We’ll see how deep their pockets are, or how many of them will attend or tune in at all
Same with NFL and Bakkaball
They can take all their sullen anti-American kneelers and stick ’em where the sun don’t shine
https://www.mlb.com/official-information/contact
Me, too! Get it on!
Hmm, lemme see…which do I love more: the Cleveland Indians or free and fair elections?
Oh, wait! Didn’t the front office decide to cancel Chief Wahoo because, you know, raciss?
I have fond memories of Marvel comics: Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Ant Man/Giant Man and Wasp. Avengers assemble!
Cancel culture wiped out those boyhood heroes, too.
Embrace Donald Trump’s call to cut the life’s blood from those who despise America, baseball, hot dogs and Iron Man.
And the Indians management took away Chief Wahoo because it offended some white people who said it offended others.
I’m done with baseball.
People need to tune them out. There’s an amazing sport called lacrosse. Tune in. College for now and soon the pros as spring turns to summer.
Lacrosse is unique at the college level (similar to hockey)in that yes D1 has the top programs (only the top) but D3 has the majority of the better players (minus the few top programs- Syracuse, UNC, UVA, Duke, ND, Army, Denver).
These men and women would love the support!
The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) is owned and operated by players. They play because they live the game. It’s fast paced and physical. And they didn’t kneel for the anthem. They stand at the middle of the field.
It’s the creators game (it’s a Native American game) and only the creator can take it from us. Not man.
Drop baseball support lacrosse (it’s not just for rich white kids anymore…)
Yeah, but white people play lacrosse
Lacrosse bees all raycisssss an’ sheeeeit
[ /s ]
Did you know that one of the greatest lacrosse players of all time was black?
He played for Syracuse when he wasn’t running over people on the gridiron.
Also MAGA…
Jim Brown
The Indians already have attendance problems with a team that has been good over the last 8 or 9 years.
Their lease is up in 2023.
Let them move to Portland and become the Antifa Addicts.
Can you see the mascot – a junkie with a needle in his arm
And the dame attitudes are infecting college sports, especially football. Last season saw multiple college coaches, who earn huge salaries, cave to left wing evil.
My college dumped the great Chief Illiniwek, the only reason many sat through losingvseason after losing season.
I’m done with football at both pro and college levels.
Yes! President Trump is a modern day Grant —-he fights!
Yes. Unlike Chicom Mitch, MIttens, and Bush. Mr. George Bush used to be an owner of the texas rangers. Why isn’t he upset about this? Why wasn’t he upset about the national anthem kneeling? Why isn’t he criticizing Cuban for not playing the star spangeled banner. That was going on in Dallas.
Only Trump is fighting. Plus a few supporters in Congress and the States.
Fine example of leadership but more is needed. Not just a boycott but banning stadium subsidies, pulling tax breaks, and arrests of executives for conspiracy to commit voting fraud. All this stuff has to happen at the state level so legislatures and state AGs need to up their game. Then give Delta Airlines and Coca Cola the same treatment.
The people must up their game and get non Soros type AG’s in positions.
No need to ask me to boycott these “institutions”. The insanity that resides in those institutions is enough for me to avoid them more than a CoVid filled room!! I am truly amazed that allegedly intelligent people have a problem with showing identification in order to vote legitimately. Hey Delta, are you dropping the requirement for proof of identity to fly? Do you require any type of ID in order to charge an ordered ticket (you know, like security code, etc)? Can I just order up a ticket, go to the airport and get on one of your planes totally empty handed and empty pocketed? I think not and I wouldn’t get on a plane if that WERE your policy (not that I will now that you fly WOKE).
I watched the women’s final four last night for possibly the last time. The wokeness of the radical left will likely bring about the need for wearing a cup in women’s basketball as soon as next year. In the next few years, women’s basketball will likely not have a single REAL woman playing on a team in the playoffs! Since this is all about how you “identify”, if I “identify” as African American, will I get a reparations check? Yes, that’s a dumb question but so is questioning the legitimacy of a voter or the citizenship of a voter as well. Don’t invite people in to vote when they don’t legitimately reside as an American citizen of that state and then condemn those who want them to prove that they are American citizens and that that state is their legal (and only) state of residence! Hypocrisy has come to be an expectation of radical Socialists and, more and more, their move to totalitarianism is revealing itself as their primary motive.
BTW, maybe you should change the name to the Atlanta Traitors rather than the Braves! PC Police have been working to change the name for years!
Excellent post!
I am so tired of this crap!!! My son loves baseball. He was so excited to be able to go to the game this year. Now I have to explain to him why we can’t. Fighting this political garbage is more important than any sport! I hope these miserable SOBs rot!
Find a local non pro affiliated team and go to their games for pennies to the dollar. I know the stadiums are so cool in the bigs but he will have fun at the local games as well.
Thank you so much for your message! I was researching local teams this morning. There is a team out here that looks promising but their website claims they are a AA affiliate of the Yankees. Does that mean they are affiliated with the Yankees/MLB? Do you think the MLB will profit fr them? I emailed their customer service to ask them, but I doubt if they will get back to me. The left is so miserable they have to make everyone miserable. This is driving me crazy.
The players in Double A (AA) that are good enough to get promoted usually go to Triple (AAA). Although if they are really, really good they can get promoted to MLB. The progression of promotion is usually AA to AAA to MLB. There are independent leagues that aren’t affiliated with MLB, and there are Single A teams too.
The minors are more of an expense to the Major League teams than a source of revenue. I would give them a try. It probably depends on the area on how political they might get but I don’t think minor leagues want to turn away too many customers as they have little or no tv revenue.
I would have thought so but according to the MLB website they are affiliated:
https://www.mlb.com/news/new-minor-league-baseball-structure
My disgust for mlb just won’t allow me to give them support.
Try this for a family vacation or just time together. Not knowing where you live and, not asking, search for a minor league team to watch and make it a family event. I have found the game to be far more entertaining than major league ball. I fully understand your anger or disgust with MLB, as I quit going to games after a strike in the mid 90’s. Regardless of the affiliation with MLB, you will see both players and umpires as well doing their best to make it to the majors. Just a thought and my opinion & neither are worth much !!!
It’s called cutting off your nose to spite your face. As if Atlanta residence didn’t want to go to the game?!?!?
Maybe with President Trump’s leadership and encouragement people who like their comfort and entertainment above all else will actually band together and make a difference. I’m waiting for evidence.
I am continually amazed at people who cannot give up Hollywood and Sports —the ONLY power us peasants have is our personal spending–it would be such a powerful impact if everyone could just STOP WATCHING!!
Just sent them a message enlightening them of my displeasure of removing the only major sport I attend in Atlanta.
https://www.mlb.com/official-information/contact
Please excuse my profane terms but all I have now is Motorcycle racing at Road Atlanta.
Ramroddoc out.
Thanks for the link? I hope its mailbox is overflowing with disgust.
I sent this to the site you found…
“MLB:
Why can’t I use an IOU to buy tickets? It requires a credit card.
Don’t you trust your fans?
Your organization must be racist!” ; )
I hope that a sufficient number of people understand that funding enemies of the people is disastrous and respond. Every incremental dollar will help, so I try to do my share. This community gets it, unfortunately there are many people who are not as engaged.
How many Republican politicians will go on record supporting President Trump’s boycott? I know it’s rhetorical.
I haven’t watched anything baseball related since 2014
? ?
last time MLB was actually entertaining in illinois was kessinger, beckert, williams, santo, banks, jones, hundley, adolpho philips in center and fergie jenkins on the mound….
(and that includes the title runs!)
How dumb can these supposedly well educated corporate and sports CEO’s be when they offend half their customers with their political wokeness. NFL commissioner Roger Goddel got a huge raise for his wokeness and a contract extension. The marketing strategy these idiots are employing defies all logic.
“If these corporations realize their actions will cause 80 to 100 million people to stop using their products, they will feel the scale of their financial position being crushed”
I’m torn between believing it is simply a gross level of ignorance or they are just corrupt and viewing some kind of “long game” where all the boomers die off and they can indoctrinate enough of a much younger group to keep their sports valid/profitable. Ignorance or corrupt, either is not a good choice for them.
God Bless our President.
Sent him a letter of support.
https://www.45office.com
Will the Georgia GOP cave?
Has the RHINO Governor commented?
I am not hearing any pushback by any Georgia GOP leadership?
Saw Kemp on Americas Voice. He said they weren’t going to back down. Hard to believe he is trying to save himself after failing to call the legislature into session. Kind of struck me as a Kevin McCarthy type presentation.
Just think of what dirt the DNC must have on officers of Coca-Cola, Delta, and the MLB. I believe it is time for their CEOs to be replaced as they are obviously vulnerable to blackmail.
These are “global” companies now; they have no respect for the United States and its citizens; the ones who
purchased their products and worked in their companies which resulted in the company success.
There is an old saying, “we built it up; we can tear it down”. Time for the tearing down stage; I will boycott
any product that caves in to this nonsense.
If the leaders of those companies are True Believers in the Cause…dirt isn’t needed…the true believers on the left ALWAYS find a way to pull together
Yes, Yes, Yes! He’s back (he never left lol) –
Keep in mind, this is not boycotting sports, this is boycotting the woke corporations and globalist sponsors that are destroying the those very same sports that we use to love to play and watch with our families and friends.
Individual and team athletics from early age through school and college have great benefits for those participating and those who watch. Competition, working together and learning to be a member of a team, disciplining the mind and body, meeting challenges, fellowship and self worth, handling losing and working harder, handling winning gracefully, family, neighborhood, and community unity and gathering to support and cheer sucess and commiserate loss, on and on the list goes.
Sports are not just a physical activity, but a wonderful teaching tool to become a better citizen and a better all around person.
But that is not what we have in the “professional, corporatism business” enterprises that focus solely on the money and selling of products that sports have become. Nothing wrong with making money, except when that becomes The Only Purpose and the only definition of worth.
So a boycott of the institutional business and sponsors (are we still allowed to use that masculine designation boycott?) is not boycotting the sport, but the destruction of what sport is really all about. Just like fighting back against government tyranny is not fighting against America, but fighting for what America is!
Just my two cents.
I saw what needs to happen in a post earlier, and the poster was spot on.
We all have most likely have stock in some of these woke companies.
Is there any lawyers on here today? Is it possible for for us peasants to band together and start a class action lawsuit against the boards of these companies?
I am quite sure this will cause us monetary injury due to board negligence.
We have the numbers. Let’s go after their woke asses.
I was thinking the same thing. Anyone who owns share of stock could vote the leadership out.
That’s how these woke types took them over. (unless they inherited them like Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira, aka Theresa Heinz)
The silence of the MSM on coverage of shareholder revolts could be an indication of their power and effectiveness. Diversification may shield them somewhat from financial loss from boycott, but kicking the woke “politicizers” off the Board of Directors would probably get their attention.
Trump is the Greatest!
https://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-karaoke/trump-greatest-t22253.html
Way ahead of you, Mr. President. Haven’t paid attention to any ‘professional’ sport in two decades.
Shame too…was a child of the ’50s…they, and a few cowboys on that tiny screen, were our heroes.
There is a bigger picture to understand in order to achieve success in a boycott of all things baseball. Here are the sponsors of MLB from their website.
https://www.mlb.com/sponsorship/official-sponsors
If you only focus on these brands you will only affect the tip of the tail of the big fish. We’ll use Arm and Hammer as an example. That brand is owned by Church and Dwight Corporation. What else do they own?
https://churchdwight.com/our-brands/consumer-brands/
How much of what they manufacture do you use?
Homework and a long term commitment to change or just talk a good game.
Thanks for that information!
“Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”” – Luke 12:15
Okay, I’m not trying to turn this into a sermon, though the Lord knows America could use a good one about now. The above is simply to drive home the point that there are bigger, weightier things than the material things we place so much stock in. If that is true, and it is, then not patronizing those companies who’ve lined up with the most radical elements of the country against our American interests should be a walk in the park. Giving up baseball or Coke is not going to lower my quality of life. But watching the principles that have made this the greatest country on earth under assault and meekly assenting to it just might.
We aren’t giving up anything in not patronizing these companies. We are here where we’ve always been, where they used to be. They are threatening to walk if we don’t bend and we’re simply saying, “Fine, there’s the door!” It really is as simple as that.
MLB tv and attendance on long term decline. Let’s send them to their grave.
Turn it off.
Baseball is a great game. But MLB not.
Probably won’t be too long before someone in MLB claims to find a noose.
Good luck getting a lucrative employment contract amid a sport that starts declining….
To punctuate this point, look at the NFL this year. The NFL has a league wide salary cap per team, based on league revenues.
Teams can spend $180 million on salaries…that’s it. It should have been $160 million but the owners kicked in a little extra.
Last year the cap was $200 million. The NFL kicked off the season in full Wokestani fashion but let that fade after opening day when teams were booed for staying in the lockeroom for the National Anthem.
MLB is DEAD TO ME!
My family and friend’s will Boycott coke and stop frying Delta America,and
all Those Anti America sport Boycott also,
other thing any Business being a cancel culture’s against conservative Business
i will Boycott them too my only little ways,
i’m Really sick and tired of socialism Racist lib worthless behaviors,
I’m 10 years ahead of him on these boycotts.
MLB, nfl, nba, WNBA,all major soft drinks and snacks,
Most recent addition – commercial flight
President Trump.
That has a nice ring to it.
I would have thought that after seeing what happened to the NFL, They would not want to go there. I was wrong. Baseball was one thing that brought us all together.
I have a thought experiment that shows how this works. You are at a mall food court and the tables are all full. One of the tables has a someone of your race and the other has someone of another. You ask to sit with the person of your race. Now what if the person of your race is wearing a cap of a team you hate and the other person has a hat from your team. Changes things don’t it?
What a lot of people think is racism is only people being more comfortable around people that have common interest.
Keep up the independent thinking! You’re doin’ great!
When political foes agree….even Stacy Adams disagrees with MLB.
https://mobile.twitter.com/staceyabrams/status/1378071435244101633
And here’s the most frustrating problem of the madness…people don’t want to sacrifice…we lack discipline.
WE THE PEOPLE have the power to steer this country in whatever direction we want…WITHOUT VIOLENCE! BUT WE DON’T STICK TOGETHER!
I stood outside the hardware store when all this started a year ago…they wouldnt let me in without a mask…people were waiting outside in line because then it was only 3 in the store at a time. I yelled to the people comon this is wrong…don’t be afraid this is a lie!! Everyone looked down sheepishly at the ground!!
I got walked out of my job at the USPS BMC for refusing to wear a mask. I couldnt go back until I had a medical note and was still harrassed by the plant manager BECAUSE I WAS A TRUMP SUPPORTER!!
The only other person that wouldnt wear a mask was a lady who grew up in communist Poland before it was free!! She could see the writing on the wall!!
Co-workers were the worst complaining about her…she was relegated to a dark corner of the building and lost all seniority for choosing jobs.
I tell people we have the power NOT THE GOVERNMENT!! If we all stopped going to Costco and they had no business they would change their policies in a heartbeat!! But at least here in Assachusetts people can’t live without their giant muffins and 5 lb containers of salsa and nuts!! People are scared and brainwashed…no common sense or critical thinking. No one knows facts!!
It’s super frustrating to see.
After what Brutus Pence did on the 6th I said okay God that’s it…truly You are all I have…whatever comes my way I have You, I trust only You…because all this talk about the next elections are a joke…look what they did and got away with!! They’re just going to keep on with the rotten corruption.
I will continue to pray and encourage the young to become a new generation of leaders state local and federal. I’m not giving up.
I pray for God’s hand to move across the hearts of the people in this beautiful country that was dedicated to Him by the first Continental Congress in a field where the Twin Towers would eventually be built.
In the book of Daniel he wrote,God has world events in His control.
I don’t understand it,I don’t like it, but I will trust God for it all.
We The People have the power, if they will use it.
Amen, Rainy. =)
Boycotts are important, but it is more important to be LOUD about it. This is what they fear. This is what works for the left. They fear the public outcry and the bad publicity and the public comments on social media. Make your voices heard. Leave notes and flyers everywhere you go. Leave comments on every web site possible. Use the leftist tactics.
This lady grew up in the 50s (tom boy) playing (with my brothers & their friends) baseball, handball, stickball, stoop ball (ever hear of that), king/queen/jack… Was an ardent BB fan (The Mick later D Jeter), FB fan (L Taylor later E Manning).. haven’t watched either for several years… we all know why!
Let us not forget hollycrap, all the *actors* are elated today, cause ID sucks donchakno.. Don’t watch too much TV haven’t gone to the movies in years, but on TV all the old shows and western movies (The Duke) from late 50s/early 60s are a great watch IMO..
It’s up to us to PUSH BACK! We are the engine $$$$$
I have been, and continue my personal fight against all sports, media, social media, seeing movies in theaters, and yes, even some music industry, the later of all is probably the hardest but I have done it. I have also stopped buying at some stores, got rid of Amazon, and yesfolks left a few friends behind.
I’m with ya.
FYI, Delta asks for your full name “as on your Government-issued ID”, before they will allow you to submit a comment or complaint on line. Interesting in light of their objection to Georgia’s election laws.
They already know the will fail!
They aren’t as “woke” as they pretend to be. Who would have guessed!
Thanks for the post, BarbS
Boycott Cjoke, and additionally boycott McDonalds, and any other brand that serves Cjoke. Send many emails to McDonalds to let them know you no longer patronize their hamburger shops becasue they serve Cjoke, and soon McD will begin to put their own pressure on Cjoke. BTW, I have 5 email addresses to send same or similar messages to McD.
Can’t remember who said it but a few years ago I read a column where it was pointed out that grown men wearing a jersey with their favorite sportsball player’s name an number was no different than a teenage girl wearing her boyfriend’s jersey or team jacket.
Could never look at pro sports or their merch the same way after that.
Oh, sure, now that HE says to do it, everyone is onboard. Me, from months ago:
1. DROP Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, CCP’s Tik-tok, etc. LEAVE if a member.
2. NO viewing of ANY NBA, NFL, etc. event. Let them know why. Tell them to move to China for their audience.
3. NO purchase of ANY “Made in China” products unless they are absolutely NEEDED and there is no other source. This ESPECIALLY means no upgrading of still functional big ticket items like HDTVs, smart phones, laptops, etc. ONLY if they break.
4. NO support of Hollywood via moviegoing. Let your local movie theaters know why. Rent a DVD if you must or use legal FREE streaming whenever possible.
5. DROP Netflix and let them know why.
6. AVOID if possible sending your child to ANY college that has Postmodernist/Cultural Marxist courses. Let them know why.
7. AVOID as much as legally possible the paying of taxes. Donate to reputable, tax deductible conservative [NOT RINO] organizations.
8. USE an ad blocker if and when using YouTube.
9. USE an alternative search engine like duckduckgo.com instead of Google.
10. Get out of any debt ASAP. AVOID any future debt. << THIS is the most important one!
11. Do everything you can to support small, local businesses.
12. SHUN and chastise any conservative who does not follow the above.
Why shun and chastise? Because if conservatives can’t manage to do the above which consists of simply giving up a few games and circuses when others have DIED to protect what we want to defend, they are truly contemptable.
Stop -FEEDING- what we gripe about, what the bought and paid for Rep/Dim UniParty will never fix, and what has just caused what is effectively an election won or stolen by neo-Marxists and Chicom allies!
In the same vein:
A STRANGE GAME – the only winning move is not to play
7 Feb 2021
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2021/02/07/a-strange-game/
Excerpts:
There is absolutely no one in Washington DC looking out for the long-term best interests of the citizens. It’s solely about power, control, and enrichment of themselves and the oligarchs who put them in power.
Not one decision is being made looking out further than the next election, as these corrupt captured faux representatives divvy up the spoils, as the country spirals further into debt, while the Fed printed 40% of all the money ever printed in U.S. history during 2020 – with 2021 on its way to new records. The insanity of the monetary and fiscal decisions being made by Powell, Yellen, Biden and a congress filled with narcissistic myopic mathematically retarded troglodytes is enough to make a sane, rational, critical thinking American scream in agony at the devastation, strife and economic wasteland we are leaving for future generations.
I find myself increasingly ignoring the daily blather of posing politicians, fake news pundits, “medical experts”, self-styled financial gurus, twitterati, and government drones. Why should I get outraged on a daily basis by the actions of a presidential administration I consider illegitimate and central bankers doing the bidding of the oligarchy, as always? At this point I feel like blurting out Crooked Hillary’s famous angry outburst during the Benghazi hearing – “What difference at this point does it make?”.
I know there are many still believing, if the GOP can just win back the house and/or senate in 2022, they can get the country back on course. Others are waiting for the victorious return of Trump in 2024 like MacArthur’s “I shall return” moment in the Philippines. Some still believe the Qanon pablum and are trusting the plan. They are badly mistaken, as the country is too far gone, and must crash and burn before it can possibly be rebuilt.
How can you defeat an enemy who controls the presidency, congress, mainstream media, social media, major cities, major states, the military, FBI, CIA, DOJ, and the courts?
I have thrown in the towel on believing we can vote our way out of this mess, as Washington DC is ruled by the Uni-Party, beholden to globalist billionaire oligarchs, the upstart Silicon Valley billionaire censorship tyrants, and the Deep State snakes surveilling all our communications and controlling the narrative through propaganda and suppression of our First Amendment rights.
There are no white hats coming to save us. It is now up to millions of truculent, disagreeable, angry, deplorable citizens to undermine the establishment and force this empire built on a foundation of unpayable debt to collapse. It might seem like a daunting task, but each individual act of resistance is like a grain of sand added to the unstable pile. No one knows which grain will trigger the catastrophic failure of the system. We are all capable of becoming the straw that broke the camel’s back.
If millions of individuals Go Galt and Starve the Beast, one transaction at a time, withdrawing our consent because we believe those governing us are illegitimate, the State lacks the enforcement power and means to punish people they cannot find or identify as criminals. This is guerilla warfare in a modern technological dystopian world. Each of us has different life circumstances, financial capacity, and constraints, but everyone can contribute something to toppling our oppressors. Here are some thoughts. I am sure you can creatively add to this list:
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2021/02/08/a-strange-game-part-two/
The MLB owners must be completely stupid. It doesn’t take a genius to understand MLB consumers. The vast majority of MLB consumers are white, middleclass people who are as conservative as they come.
Also their demographic is way over the “woke” millennial age.
Call your local sports teams; ask if they sell Coke products at their venue…………if yes, tell them you won’t be buying any tickets for their team games !
Coke products and brands:
https://www.coca-colacompany.com/brands