Do we know this already? Sport teams leaving Florida in solidarity and fear for their players

[Mira]

MIAMI – A slew of professional sports teams – including the Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars have announced they are leaving Florida following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin.
The teams released a joint statement saying that “the state of Florida has become too dangerous for young black men to live in, and as the majority of our players fit this demographic, we’ve decided we’ll soon be moving to pastures new.” The statement went on to say that if one of their starters were shot dead and the person who shot him was found not guilty – as was the case with Zimmerman – “it would lead to a competitive advantage for other teams whose starting players had not been shot dead, leading to failed prosecutions.”
Players from both teams also highlighted the media climate surrounding the case, and the frequent defense of Zimmerman’s actions featured on some networks. Prior to the verdict, for example, Geraldo Rivera on “Fox and Friends” said: “So it’s a dark night, a 6-foot-2-inch hoodie-wearing stranger is in the immediate housing complex. How would the ladies of that jury have reacted? I submit that if they were armed, they would have shot and killed Trayvon Martin a lot sooner than George Zimmerman did. This is self-defense.”

Heat star LeBron James observed that the teams’ two shortest players were exactly 6 feet 2 inches, “so if you can legally shoot someone for being that height and black, I don’t want to know what that means they can do to 6 foot 11 Chris Bosh without any legal ramifications.”
Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew added that both franchises hope to relocate somewhere with a stronger sense of race-related justice than Florida currently has, “such as Mississippi. Or South Africa in the 1980s.”
The Miami Marlins noted they were staying in Florida and did not fear for their safety, as no one seemed to know they were there.


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[ananda]

1. This is like the onion, I guess.

I wanted it to be true, though. Racist states need to feel pain
associated with their racism.

[IDemo]

5. Not really

The Onion generally does a first rate job with satire.

[quinnox]

2. not sure if posted as serious, or trying to fool people, or what but that is fake web site

full of news stories meant to be satire.

[Bluzmann57]

3. Sorta funny

But not real funny. It would be a cool thing if high profile athletes like James made some sort of statement, something like "If the DoJ doesn't find this pos guilty, I ain't playin'."
But that simply will not happen. And in their defense, they do have contracts to fulfill and there is no doubt that if star players chose not to honor contracts, the (white) owners would sue the athletes for everything.

[madrchsod]

4. newslo one of the better satirical sites...

[ceonupe]

6. Here millionaires aren't leaving the no income state of fl

None of them are unless the get traded and then like 90% of them will still maintan primary home in fl.

The estate tax breaks and sales tax breaks make it a great place for athelets.

Not buying this story at all. When their homes show up in MLS I will belive it.

[olddots]

7. If only this wasn't wanna be Onion humor .

made me look .......

[Mira]

8. Sorry, everybody. I did not even notice it was satire. It's because I'm raw

and wanted it to be true.
Color me dumb, as well as sorry.

[House of Roberts]

9. If I were a college bound sports star,

I'd be unlikely to consider any Florida school for a sports scholarship.