It is a combination of frightening and enraging that some of the coaches, athletes and professional sports teams in this country care more about the safety and well-being of their fellow human beings than the elected leaders who are ostensibly paid to craft policy that protects and promotes the well-being of the citizenry that voted them into office.
Since Tuesday afternoon's devastating massacre in Uvalde, Texas, numerous sports figures and even teams have used their respective platforms and considerable reach to do what they can to try to affect change.
The United States Senate, the most feckless body in America, went on vacation.