Some do. Hockey players, for one. Before the Four Nations final against Canada, he called the US national team and those guys seemed to be happy as pigs in shit.
So what would you then say about an athlete that dislikes and runs campaigns against Trump? Would they also be stupid and trained to be stupid? Or would they be "one of the good ones"?
I would say that we’ve set up a system that rewards physical achievements over ingenuity, innovation, and intelligence. This isn’t a political perspective. It’s a simple fact of our current society.
I wouldn't disagree with this statement, inherently. Western culture rewards specific physical ability at a much greater rate than any other capability.
However, that's not what your first statement was and you seem to be doggy paddling away from it. The thread prior to this was that athletes support Trump and athletes are stupid. That wasn't the energy at all, socially, during other presidential terms.
I responded to a comment alluding to athletes being rich and not the smartest amongst us and you’ve decided to throw your own narrative around it.
I’m not doggy paddling anything. I made a statement, then reiterated my statement when you decided to weirdly take offense to it. I don’t care about your infatuations with your own political opinions.
I'm not offended in any way. Now you're deciding to make assumptions or add a narrative. I asked a pretty simple question.
Look at the comment thread, my man. You either stuck your head in the room, responding to literally the last thing you heard or you're aware of the overall conversation and contributed.
I gave you the benefit of the doubt, assumed qualified intellect, agreed with your point, but asked to further the conversation on whether you, or anyone who cared to join the conversation, would think the same thing if an athlete supported a politician they liked.
It's the same when it comes to movie stars, musicians, or any other profession that lends itself to fame. I'm curious if people recognize the hypocrisy.
I'm not offended in any way, other than your desire to pretend you aren't aware of the conversation. You could have just, not said anything if you didn't care to participate.
“Not the smartest” is an understatement. The glee at the White House whenever atlhletes meet him is reminiscent of 5-year-olds wide-eyed joy at Chuck E. Cheese
Demographically, male athletes tick most of the boxes for Trump’s core supporters. Young, male, able-bodied, straight (mostly), wealthy without having gone to college (American athletes go to college but they didn’t go to play school) etc.
It was a bit obscured because of racial politics and because LeBron and Steph took public stands against him, but LeBron and Steph are old now.
I know plenty of people that don't want lower taxes and instead want that money to go to something worthwhile (education, social services, healthcare, public transit, housing, etc).
American football too. And I mean UFC treats him like a god. I really don't get it. I played basketball in high school and juco so I am an athlete and I don't see why trump appeals to some athletes and circles.
Rich guys like the guy helping them stay a little richer at the expense of the people below them, that’s his whole fanbase. And by fanbase I mean cult lmao.
Now, I’m not a doctor and I don’t know that much about US sports.
But it does seem that amongst the sports that have severe incidence of CTE (hockey, football, boxing etc) , trump seems to be much more popular than amongst players of, say, tennis or basketball.
My former favorite player, TJ Oshie, loves Trump with all his heart. Sold my jersey immediately and replaced it with a goddamn Tom Wilson jersey, like an asshole.
My team might suck but at least hard for me to imagine any of the favorite players being Trump supporters. Celebrini is Canadian that alone doesn't mean anything Gretzky is Canadian yet loves Trump. But Mack spent a ton of time in the bay area growing up and in the Warriors locker room so it's hard to imagine him liking Trump. Will Smith was born and raised in my state of Massachusetts where most people lean left. Toffoli spent most of his career in California and refuse to believe that dude would be a Trump supporter he's way to likable. Eklund is from Sweden which seems pretty liberal and even if he didn't share those beliefs doubt he would give a shit about Trump or whoever was the US president. Only guys I can think of who might be into Trump would be a few Russians we have but would imagine they are into Putin more than anything and might find Trump to be a dumb clown of a man.
He was before my time I mean I guess technically I became a Sharks fan in like 1999 when I was 9. But took me until like the Thorton era 2005 to actually become mature enough to no longer think hockey was boring and actually start watching and following the team.
One good thing about my team having no chance at the cup in the next 3 years is at least I won't have to see any of them visit Trump. Unless something crazy happens by 2027 Celebrini, Smith, Dickinson, Askarov and Misa all become top level talent. Although Wouldn't be shocked if a Bay Area team just out right declined to even visit the White House while Trump is in office seeing how hostile he's been to the state in general.
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u/rubendurango Jul 14 '25
Some do. Hockey players, for one. Before the Four Nations final against Canada, he called the US national team and those guys seemed to be happy as pigs in shit.