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    MLB boycotts Georgia, signs new deal with Chinese firm that dropped NBA over exec’s H

    MLB boycotts Georgia, signs new deal with Chinese firm that dropped NBA over exec’s Hong Kong support

    The MLB signed a streaming deal with China's Tencent Wednesday
    By Michael Ruiz

    Major League Baseball is protesting a democratically passed Georgia voting law while bolstering ties with a Communist Party-backed Chinese company that cracked down on an NBA executive who supported the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.

    "Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box," league commissioner Rob Manfred said announcing the decision to pull this year’s All-Star Game out of the Peach State Friday.

    He said protesting Georgia’s new GOP-backed election integrity law was "the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport."

    But the MLB signed a deal with Tencent Wednesday, one of China’s largest tech companies.

    It’s one of the Chinese firms that briefly dropped NBA games in 2019 after former Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey publicly voiced support for pro-democracy protesters facing a Beijing-backed crackdown in Hong Kong.

    The new deal grants Tencent rights to stream MLB games in a number of Asian countries until 2023. Back in 2018, the MLB and Tencent reached another deal that granted the company streaming rights for 125 games within China.

    Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio slammed the move.


    M
    arco Rubio
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    Dear GOP: @MLB

    caves to pressure & moves draft & #AllStarGame out of Georgia on the same week they announce a deal with a company backed by the genocidal Communist Party of #China Why are we still listening to these woke corporate hypocrites on taxes, regulations & anti-trust?




    "@MLB caves to pressure & moves draft & #AllStarGame out of Georgia on the same week they announce a deal with a company backed by the genocidal Communist Party of #China," he tweeted. "Why are we still listening to these woke corporate hypocrites on taxes, regulations & anti-trust?"
    Critics have accused the league of caving to corporate sponsors and owners. And although the league said it asked for players’ feedback in its announcement Friday, it’s unclear that officials had warned ballplayers of a final decision before announcing it.



    Aubrey Huff
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    I talked to several current players and staff today..... & they are pissed! @MLB
    sold out to the corporate elites (without consulting with players) threatening millions in sponsorship dollars unless they moved all-star game from Atlanta.
    10:56 PM · Apr 2, 2021·Twitter for iPhone


    "@MLB sold out to the corporate elites (without consulting with players) threatening millions in sponsorship dollars unless they moved all-star game from Atlanta," he claimed on Twitter.

    The conflicting deals raise questions about whether the league is making an effort to take a moral stand or to achieve maximum profits.

    Atlanta’s home team, the Braves, said in a statement that it is "deeply disappointed" by the choice.

    "Unfortunately, businesses, employees and fans in Georgia are the victims of this decision," the team said.

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    China bought Hollywood, has taken over our universities and infiltrated our public schools, bought out professional sports, bought out politicians and brags about infiltrating the think tanks...Will greed turn this country into a fiefdom of China? Asking for a friend.
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