I believe when any athlete makes a political stand I feel as they bring alot of attention to there self beacuse alot of people in the world look up to athletes and what they do or not. So therefore if a athlete was to take a side on something good or bad, in the public eye some people would say why this why that. Especially if most of the people are on the other side of the debate. Which would bring even more attention to a athlete and make something out of nothing real big because one of the top athletes in the game has a different opinion on something. But if it was your average Joe, people would look right pass what that person thinks. Which takes you back and tell you that athletes are treated different than a normal person and what they do, to people around the world.