I may not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend your right to say it. Unless it involves politicizing sports, in which case I won’t defend it even if I agree with you.

Many sports fans feel the same way (just ask pro quarterback-turned-political activist Colin Kaepernick). Yet, two major sportswear companies last week continued the unwelcome trend of gratuitously inserting politics into sports.

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