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Jim Kanalley's avatar

The easiest way to prove if the MLB is being discriminatory in this instance is to see and show where if/when they may have allowed a political or religious alteration to their uniform by other teams or players without discipline or punishment. If they enforce their uniform rules equally (or uniformly for those who enjoy a good pun lol) then nothing wrong was done. If, however, they have allowed players to write or stitch social, political, or religious content onto their apparel that would seem to support a specific *different* cause or religion then there would be a valid complaint of discrimination. Pretty straight forward. But getting the DOJ involved seems to be a but much. One would think it would be a labor dispute that could/should be brought up by the union before going any further.

Laura Creighton's avatar

MLB is selective in when they enforce this rule. In last year's world series the pitchers for the Dodgers and the Blue Jays all wore 51 on their caps in tribute to Alex Vesia. https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-bullpen-wears-hat-tribute-to-alex-vesia The 'personal matter' not named in the article was the death of his newborn daughter.

Tony's avatar

This is a college essay?