By Jamilah King
Colorlines
February 2 2012
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels was not supposed to be among this year's Super Bowl story lines. This year's contenders, the New England Patriots and the New York Giants, should instead be taking center stage. Yet less than a week before America's biggest sporting event of the year kicks off in Indianapolis, Gov. Daniels' fight with the state's unionized workers over legislation that could curtail the power of their collective bargaining rights has given a new national platform to the right wing's bitter, decades-old war against unions.
Yet the NFL's Player's Association, which is the union that represents the league's athletes, has also jumped onto the national stage and come out in opposition to the proposed Right to Work legislation. In doing so, the league's union is taking an important, albeit symbolic, step to publicly bridge the gap that exists between the NFL's multibillion dollar teams and its increasingly marginalized fan base. And it's proof that sports is a powerful cultural art form that can help elevate some of today's most controversial political issues.
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