Major League Baseball has a long and ugly history of racial discrimination and they have only made changes in the way they treat minorities when there has been great pressure to do so. This boycott is morally right and needed. A 5 B 22 End of Class A 11 B 17 7. A professional hockey player who is guilty of dangerous and intentional high sticking that leads to an opponent's loss of an eye should be prosecuted and possibly face jail time for assault. This would send a good message that athletes are not above the law and the increasingly violent conduct of athletes will not be tolerated in our communities.
Athletes assume certain risks when they play sports.
It is unfair and unwise to try to apply normal criminal laws about assault to conduct that occurs in the course of a game. A 14 B 13 End of Class A 12 B 16 8. Concordia should institute and extensive drug testing program for its athletes, testing for both performance enhancing drugs and recreational drugs. This would send a message that makes clear that our athletes are good role models and they are not cheating. It may also save the lives of some of our athletes by discouraging them from using dangerous drugs.