Recently Michael Wilbon, sports journalist, caused a stir with his reaction to Bruce Pearl stepping down as Auburn's basketball head coach. Wilbon said he was glad and he hoped the school pressured him to leave. Why did Wilbon say this? Because Pearl became more vocal about his conservative Christian beliefs. Wilbon called that divisive.

This response caused some more conservative sport reporters to challenge Wilbon's take. They claim that Wilbon isn't saying keep politics out of sport, as he constantly cheers for pushed liberal politics.

I've seen a great many leftist respond calling the right leaning reporters hypocritical for cheering on Pearl's positions, while saying keep politics out of sports. This seems like a tactic of the left. Shift the Overton sharply to the left, the right responds can't we leave politics out of things, they are mocked and accussed of privilege. Eventually some righty will push back a little and the left will cry, see you said keep politics out of things but hear you are supporting politics.

And it usually works.