{"id":558440,"date":"2021-06-09T16:36:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T20:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=558440"},"modified":"2021-06-09T16:36:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T20:36:59","slug":"political-theatrics-mlb-assails-lawsuit-seeking-return-of-2021-all-star-game-to-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/political-theatrics-mlb-assails-lawsuit-seeking-return-of-2021-all-star-game-to-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Political Theatrics\u2019: MLB Assails Lawsuit Seeking Return Of 2021 All-Star Game To Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolitical-theatrics-mlb-assails-lawsuit-seeking-return-of-2021-all-star-game-to-atlanta%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=558440&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233308802.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>When Major League Baseball moved its 2021 All-Star Game away from Atlanta in response to Georgia\u2019s Election Integrity bill, the decision was applauded by the usual array of Democrats \u2014 former gubernatorial candidate-turned-voter rights activist Stacey Abrams, former President Barack Obama \u2014 as Major League Baseball \u201ctaking a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1378331478380142593\">stand<\/a> on behalf of voting rights for all citizens.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In reality, the move was nothing more than an attempt to appease the Left, which absurdly claimed the bill was \u201cJim Crow on steroids.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A conservative advocacy group \u2014 The Job Creators Network \u2014 is fighting back against the decision, filing a suit in federal court on Monday against Major League Baseball, commissioner Rob Manfred, and the MLBPA (players union). The suit seeks $100 million in damages for local businesses, $1 billion in punitive damages, and for the All-Star Game to return to Georgia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMLB robbed the small businesses of Atlanta \u2014 many of them minority-owned \u2014 of $100 million, we want the game back where it belongs,\u201d Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of the Job Creators Network, said in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/atlanta-braves\/mlb-sued-for-moving-all-star-game-out-of-atlanta\/Q43V4WD5QFD4JEZZRINOD2SLDU\/\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThis was a knee-jerk, hypocritical and illegal reaction to misinformation about Georgia\u2019s new voting law which includes Voter-ID. Major League Baseball itself requests ID at will-call ticket windows at Yankee Stadium in New York, Busch Stadium in St. Louis and at ballparks all across the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where the headquarters for MLB and the Players Association are located.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday, MLB called the lawsuit \u201cpolitical theatrics\u201d in an official court filing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJCN has been vocal in opposing MLB\u2019s decision, but that does not give it a basis for federal civil rights claims,\u201d lawyers for MLB <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/atlanta-braves\/mlb-responds-to-all-star-game-lawsuit-calls-it-political-theatrics\/QS4LGDQWGZB5VDHFBQWEIUBQVI\/\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> in Monday\u2019s filing. \u201cMoreover, despite its claims of exigency, JCN spent the last two months putting up billboards in Times Square and running inflammatory advertisements in The New York Times. When its publicity campaign had no effect, JCN decided to sue, but this Court\u2019s time should not be wasted on political theatrics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a statement on JCN\u2019s website, the group points out that moving the game has had a major impact on the city of Atlanta and its small businesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The group claims that more than 8,000 hotel reservations were canceled after the game was moved, revenue from ticket sales, concessions, and events surrounding the game was lost, and that there are roughly 7.5 times more African-American businesses in Georgia than Colorado \u2014 the state in which the game was relocated to after the decision to remove the game from Atlanta.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSmall businesses in this community had valid contracts relating to the All-Star Game and other events, the result of two years of planning and all that was ripped away by fear and misinformation spewed by political activists. Many states, including Colorado where the game has been moved to, have similar or more restrictive election laws,\u201d Ortiz said on the website. \u201cThis move essentially tells fans of teams in many other cities that they can never again host the All-Star Game; it\u2019s hypocritical, illegal and we won\u2019t stand for it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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