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American footballer, Colin Kaepernick, who reignited the conversation about race in America by kneeling as his national anthem was played before games, is a recent example of how a sport can reach outside the stadium to do something greater than itself.
These gestures honour an old-fashioned integrity many sports lost long ago. There is hardly a game, a league, a competition, a race, or even an amateur-hour bout that can be viewed without wondering if forces beyond talent and simple hard work are in play.
