Show I Sports and politics dont don't mix David Canfield feature Editor Editors SPORTS s PORTS is big money for college and pro teams The college bowl games and the Super Bowl are two of the I biggest moneymakers of the entire year and are usually entertaining at least until politics and racism get involved in in in- On the Nov 6 ballot Arizona voters decided against a Martin Luther King holiday causing controversy and nationwide anger am among ng the minority community In reaction n to this the National Football League has threatened to strip Phoenix or the suburban city of Tempe of the 1993 S Super per Bowl Bowlin I in order to insure that there i here is no ra racism sm in sports The organizers of the Sunkist Fiesta Bowl had also considered moving from the site where they have played the game for years this was due to the fact that many colleges colleges colleges col col- col- col leges including defending national na na- national champion Notre Dame has threatened to boycott the Jan 1 game due to Arizona's decision not to observe the holiday Due to the feelings of or orsome some of the governing bodies of the NFL and the fans of Arizona may be penalized penalized penalized penal- penal for exercising their democratic rights and acting against the feelings of others who do not even live in Arizona and wouldn't be affected affected affected af af- af- af either way The issues of ra racism sm and politics have never had any anyplace anyplace anyplace place in sports Even through the issue of black coaches coache which got Jimmy the lithe Greek Snyder fired as analyst on CBS the issue has no place in sports Politics nor racism have any place in sports especially not events as large as the Super Bowl or bowl games These organizations should leave politics to those in charge and focus on the business they know putting best best putting on quality sporting events |