{"article":{"id":36411,"heading":"Boycott the NCAA Tournament","author":"Richard Lee","created":"2003-03-18 19:40:48","modified":"2003-03-19 01:17:48","last_modified":"Wed, 19 Mar 2003 08:17:48","article":"

1.\tIf your university is among the 64 teams in the NCAA Basketball Tournament, urge the players to go on strike to protest the war.

2.\tIf the U.S. initiates bombing Iraq or any other country, and the NCAA tournament goes on as planned, picket the games and do not watch on TV to boycott the U.S. Government\/Media propaganda machine.

3.\tBoycott media sponsors.

Even though college fans are excited about seeing their team win, life and death, which will also affect the families of the players and coaches, is far more important than basketball. No one will die by missing one year of a college basketball tournament.

The U.S. bombing will not only expose American troops to radioactivity and Round II of Gulf War Syndrome, but also kill and expose tens of thousands of innocent women and children to the same radiation. The war is designed only to take over the oil fields and assist Israel in their quest to exterminate Arabs from the Middle East and hence dominate and rule that entire portion of the world. This is a blatant violation of both the American Constitution, which says that only Congress can declare war, not to mention international law, notably the U.N. and also the Oslo accords, which set forth a non-violent plan to solve the Israeli\/Palestinian disputes.<\/p>\n","contact":"ricardolee@netzero.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"About the same day the NCAA Basketball Tournament is scheduled to begin, (Thursday March 20), King George II plans to begin unloading uranium-depleted warheads on Iraq. Urge the college basketball players to go on strike to protest this egregious imperialistic action.","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/03\/36411.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":36596,"heading":"peace-nik bb fan","article":"I have a better idea.\r\n\r\nInstead of boycotting, wear shirts with peace symbols to games, bars to watch the game, on game day. Wear a t-shirt that is the appropriate color for the appropriate team---but put a peace sign on it. Participate and change minds.\r\n\r\nI can't see how anyone could possibly object and have a leg to stand on.... If a person can wear a racist symbol on their t-shirt in support of a college bb team, and not upset those who disagree....\r\n\r\n(Pardon me, I'm from Illinois and my alma mater refuses to retire its "Chief" mascot.)\r\n\r\nthen peaceful minded people in this day and age should be able to wear a peace symbol while enjoying a non-violent competition of talented college aged youth playing an exciting game.\r\n\r\nThis is exactly where we SHOULD be. Where people are. And people are into NCAA basketball---including me! This tournament will blind the people to the initial "shock and awe" that is to come...for us, I fear.\r\n\r\nYou may say that this is insignificant...but I think it could be quite a sight.... Give it some thought.\r\n","author":"Don't boycott,...participate!","parent_id":36411,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-19 01:13:45","modified":"2003-03-19 01:13:45","fileurl":""},{"id":36602,"heading":"Great Idea","article":"Nothing would make me happier, boycot the games. \r\nWhat is the worst that would happen. A bunch of jocks who have not mastered the English language would not play in a ball game, maybe the only thinng they know how to do.","author":"Jeff","parent_id":36411,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-19 01:17:48","modified":"2003-03-19 01:17:48","fileurl":""}]}