How We Got to This Point:

National media used to be a respectful source of information and informed opinions. A time when sports journalism wasn't about "hot takes", "first takes" or honestly just bad takes. A time when "experts" wanted to be experts and sports analysis came before glamor. Now, it has become a complete joke. For years, people have watched Stephen A Smith's show, "First Take" (show made popular by his former coworker, Skip Bayless) in hopes of seeing some dramatic, far-reaching opinions across a number of sports topics. Throughout the years, it has become more and more evident that Stephen A (as well as much of the national sports media community) has an extreme bias against small-market sports teams. 

With the Milwaukee Bucks recent success in knocking off the big market Brooklyn Nets, this unfair bias and criticism has reached new heights- instead of bias against the team, Stephen A chose to mock the City of Milwaukee- a place judging by the clip below, I don't think he's ever been to.

https://twitter.com/jwillman34/status/1407362427906363394

This dude is done.

My Plea for You to Sign this Petition:

You may not be a fan of the Bucks. Hell, you may not even be a fan of the NBA. But if you're a fan of America. If you're a fan of small market sports teams. A fan of parity, the NBA. Or maybe you just think enough is enough with this dude. This petition is for you. Sign it. Make real change. Let's take back sports journalism, and let's give it to people who respect basketball, who respect small sports markets, who respect beautiful small market cities, and people who understand how Milwaukee summers work. This dude doesn't need to be in Milwaukee in two weeks sitting outside on a TV panel in beautiful weather on national television complaining about Milwaukee. His seat belongs to someone who wants to be there. A real "expert" would want to see championship basketball live while the rest of the world watched on, whether in Milwaukee or in Antarctica. 

In Conclusion:

A vote for this petition, is a vote for beautiful summer weather, a vote for small markets, a vote for the Milwaukee Bucks, a vote for great fans, the Deer District, Fiserv Forum, Lake Michigan, and most importantly- great fans and people that want to host passionate, intelligent national and international basketball fans/media for two weeks.

If we can get enough support for this petition, we can get this to the Mayor's office by the times the Finals start. Even better, we can get this thing on the top of Stephen A's New York City office desk. We can ban this dude from Milwaukee for two weeks while the Bucks win the NBA championship. We can do it.

Oh ya, Molly this includes you too.