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Vol. 78 No. 6
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Faith leaders want 2023 Super Bowl moved BY JEREMIAH SOSA Cronkite News
NEWS................... 4 GCC professor publishes article on rhino poaching
BUSINESS ......... 12 Galentine’s Day returns to Downtown Glendale
Faith leaders from around the country are calling for the NFL to move the 2023 Super Bowl out of Arizona, citing several bills they characterize as voter suppression. “We all would love for Arizona to see that kind of revenue, to bring that many people here to invest in our state, but I think there are times where you can’t remain silent, and this is the time where money has to not supersede morality,” said the Rev. Dontá McGilvery, pastor of outreach and justice at First Institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix. “We have to show that money cannot be more important than people. And right now, the most important thing is voting rights and how our government is restricting that.”
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The Rev. Stephen A. Green, chair of Faith for Black Lives in New York, created a petition addressed to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell calling for Super Bowl LVII to be moved from Arizona, which is scheduled for Feb. 12, 2023, in Glendale. It now has over 200 signatures from faith leaders, including the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. and Bishop William The last time the Super Bowl landed in Arizona was 2015. (File photo by Aimee Cash/Cronkite News) Barber II. “As the NFL has recently considered symptom of voter suppression,” the petirelocating Super Bowl LVII because of tion said. COVID-19, we, as faith leaders, ask you The bills in question include SB 1003, to consider relocating Super Bowl LVII which would limit the amount of time from Arizona because of another disease: voters have to fix a signature on a mailthe disease of racism, and particularly, its in ballot, and SB 1485, which would reSEE SUPER
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Cactus League on the ropes for 3rd year BY KEN SAIN
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February 10, 2022
Spring is coming, but it appears Cactus League baseball will be delayed. Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to start reporting on Valentine’s Day, but instead of peanuts and Cracker Jacks, baseball fans will likely get broken hearts. A labor dispute is threatening the Cactus League season. If it delays the start, it will be the third straight year that Spring Training in Arizona suffered. “The Cactus League is the crown jew-
el of Arizona tourism,” said Kim Sabow, president and CEO of the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association. “There is most definitely a ripple effect that permeates our entire economy.” Baseball owners locked out players once the previous collective bargaining agreement expired on Dec. 2. MLB Players Association leaders have said they gave up too much in the most recent agreements and they are determined to get some of that back. The Associated Press reported that the
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average salary for Major League Baseball players has dropped from about $4.1 million in 2018 to $4.05 million in 2019 and $3.89 million in 2020 (based on a whole season). The median MLB salary last year was down 6% from where it was in 2017. AP said the last time salaries were this low was in 2015. Owners, however, don’t want to give up their gains. Both sides are hoping that as financial pressure builds, either in the form SEE CACTUS
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