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Redeem Team: Statement Time

Have you seen this photo? No, it is not an invitation to get your eyes checked, nor a photoshop. This is the Spanish National Team's version of talking smack. Throw all the "yo momma" jokes out the window, this is a slap in the face to the host nation China. The teams response, "What's the big deal?" If they don't see a problem, I guess they never will.

My problem is the perception that the NBA has an image problem. Say what you want about tattoes and saggy shorts, nobody is posing with the New Black Panther Party with "Kill Whitey" shirts on with a black fist. Will the Spanish team get a pass? Of course. Because they are European? Nope. They will get a pass the same way that their other acts have come to pass.

Spanish sports is no stranger to racial controversy.

1. Luis Aragones, the head coach of Spain’s men’s soccer team, was overheard telling his player Jose Antonio Reyes to “tell that black (expletive) you are better than him” at a training session in 2004. Aragones was referring to Thierry Henry, a black player from France who was then a teammate of Reyes at English Premier League club Arsenal.
   
2. At a Formula One motor racing testing session this year, a group of Spanish fans believed to be supporting home driver Fernando Alonso were pictured with their faces covered with black paint. They wore T-shirts with the slogan “Hamilton’s Family,” a reference to Alonso’s world title rival Lewis Hamilton, a black Englishman.
   
3. Moreover, at an exhibition match in Madrid in 2004, several black members of the England men’s soccer team were subjected to monkey chants and whistles whenever they touched the ball.
   
   Spain recently beat China in overtime after overcoming a 19point deficit. All I can say is that the Redeem Team is set to play Spain on Aug 16th at 10:15 am est and should hold no mercy....they could be on the next photo shoot. We don't even want to imagine that one....do we?