Dennis Prager Says Most Sports Writers Are ‘Woke’ Because They Want To Feel ‘Important’
One of the biggest disconnects in sports is the one between the sports media and the athletes, coaches and sports fans. As OutKick founder Clay Travis pointed out recently, sports writers are almost all left-wing activists. Conservative talk show host Dennis Prager, appearing on The Adam Carolla Show, gave a theory as to why.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker made some "controversial" remarks during a Catholic college graduation. Almost universally, the sports media condemned Butker and called him names like "sexist" or "misogynist" or a "bigot."
But, as Travis posted on social media, no NFL players have come out against Butker.
"Not one single NFL player has criticized Harrison Butker for what he said. You know why? Because almost all of them agree with him," Travis wrote. "The gap between what players — and coaches — believe and what the sports media who covers them believes is seismic."
On a recent episode of The Adam Carolla Show, conservative talk show host Dennis Prager talked to Carolla about sports writers and why many of them are "woke."
The pair were discussing team name changes in professional sports, specifically the Cleveland Guardians dropping "Indians" and the Washington Commanders dumping "Redskins." Prager gave a theory as to why sports writers led that push, despite the majority of fans being against those changes.
"People yearn to be important. That is one of the most important yearnings. Whether it's right or not, people have it, especially males, but increasingly females," Prager said.
"A sports writer thinks after a day, 'you know what I did for the last year? I've written about the Baltimore Orioles and their new shortstop, and I haven't made a damn bit of difference on this planet. So, let me become a social warrior," he continued.
Dennis Prager, Dominik Andrzejczuk, Adam Carolla and Mark Joseph attend the premiere of the film "No Safe Spaces" at TCL Chinese Theatre on November 11, 2019, in Hollywood, California.
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He applied the same theory to actors in Hollywood, another especially hardcore-left-wing activist group.
"Starting in the 60s or 70s, actors thought, 'it's all I'm doing. I'm acting. I want to change the world,'" Prager said. "And so every profession [started thinking], 'oh, I'm just a teacher' … 'Oh, I'm just a journalist.' … And I really believe that is a major factor in why, let's say sports writers, took up the idiotic crusades of changing the names of these teams."
Carolla responded by echoing Clay Travis' sentiments, pointing out that these sports media activists don't reflect the beliefs of sports fans.
"I would never have thought that [the woke agenda] would be this prevalent among sports writers because it's not popular among sports fans," he said.
That's true. Whether you look at the polls among sports fans not wanting to change those team names or the fact that Harrison Butker's jersey sold out days after he gave his speech, it's clear that the majority of the sports media doesn't speak to the sports fans.
Which, of course, makes no sense. That's literally in the job description. But that's why so many of these companies, like ESPN and others, are losing fans every day.