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I don't know how others feel but when I go to a sporting event, concert, eating establishment etc. I go for the purpose the event or establishment was/is intended for. If I go to a concert, I go for the music and the entertainment associated with the music. If I go to a sporting event, I go for the sporting event between two teams playing to win the game. If I go to an eating establishment. I go for the enjoyment of the food and the experience associated with the food.
What I don't do, or should I say don't like to do, is pay to go to an event only to have as part of the event (sometimes a big part of the event) a political or religious component of it. The Tim Tebow fiasco irritated me as much as it did many non Christians. My wife and I used to frequent a local restaurant many years ago. We loved the restaurant. It had great food, great service and great atmosphere......unless the owner just happened to be there and as he walked around making sure his customers were having a good time he would constantly get into discussions about political stuff. If he walked up to your table, in asking you how your food and service was you had better be prepared for him to turn the conversation into "what do you think about" (insert hot political topic at the time). We didn't like it because that's not why we went. So we stopped going. Hadn't been back in years. It closed about ten years ago. Not sure why but apart of me wonders if others stop going for the same reasons we did.
I know many involved in sports say it is their obligation to use their platform to facilitate change in social areas of our society. Which I don't have a problem with. Do it outside the event/the game. I didn't pay $125 (or whatever the average ticket prices are now days) to come to a sporting event/concert to have political agendas pushed on me. It's a major turn off.