MLS’s political speech policy is untenable – just ask Austin FC fans

By Leander SchaerlaeckensWednesday 14 October · 19:58

The protests around an anti-ICE T-shirt show that politics can never be separated from sports, especially now On 26 September, Daniela Silva was expelled from Austin FC’s match with San Diego FC for wearing a T-shirt reading “Abolish ICE”. She says she was banned from Q2 Stadium for a year (Austin FC said that the ban was issued by the Austin Police Department, not the club, and that they offered to rescind it but that Silva declined). This happened, really, truly, and you cannot make this up, d

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