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Columnists: Sports' Return Will Test Players, Owners On Social Issues

As more and more athletes "speak up" over the killing of George Floyd, there is an "obvious collision on the horizon," according to Tara Sullivan of the BOSTON GOLBE. What will these athletes do "when they get back on the field, or back on the court?" Will they "bring their demonstrations of protest with them?" The question "becomes one of reception: Will owners and managers be more inclined to support players’ actions, will fans be more open to applauding them?" This will be the "truest test yet of how, or if, the conversation has changed since Colin Kaepernick first took a knee." Sullivan: "In these awful, painful days ... there will be no more opportune time to create meaningful dialogue, to foster actual change" (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/4). In Ft. Lauderdale, Dave Hyde wonders, "Have we turned a corner on this conversation?" Hyde: "Will enough fans understand players were kneeling in the past for the very issues that took the lives of [George] Floyd, [Ahmaud] Arbery and [Breonna] Taylor?" Or "will the conversation be hijacked again into one about disrespecting the flag?" (SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL, 6/4). In S.F., Scott Ostler writes, "We need action, and not just in the form of protests." Ostler: "Sports can do the same. Players, fans, teams, leagues, we all can do stuff" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 6/4). 

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