7. "as part of a larger collective maybe." In response to In response to 6
this is mostly just organic/gradual shifts in social/cultural attitudes toward athletes and antiquated norms/institutions in this country.
and california leading from the front like many other issues.
the more we talked about it as a nation...and the larger the voice of athletes got (due to social media, debate shows, etc)...the less defensible the status quo was.