WV Sports Stars Urge Manchin To Support Voting Rights Legislation; Jerry West, Nick Saban...
- The Hill, Jan. 18, 2022.
A group of West Virginia sports icons have addressed a letter to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) urging him to back voting rights legislation. The sports stars, led by NBA Hall-of-Famer Jerry West, a college star at West Virginia, said they strongly supported legislation to protect voting rights and election integrity.
“We come from some of our Nation’s most popular sports leagues, conferences and teams. Some of us have roots and shaped our lives in West Virginia, others followed very different paths and some of us have been rivals in sports or business. But we are all certain that democracy is best when voting is open to everyone on a level playing field; the referees are neutral; and at the end of the game the final score is respected and accepted,” they wrote in their letter, which was sent on Manchin on Tuesday.
The letter was also signed by Alabama football coach Nick Saban who went to high school in West Virginia; former NFL quarterback Oliver Luck, who is also a former West Virginia athletic director; former Buffalo Bills linebacker Darryl Talley, who graduated from West Virginia and is a member of its sports hall of fame; and former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue...
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/590184-sports-icons-jerry-west-nick-saban-urge-manchin-to-support-the-voting-rights
- Jerry West, 1959.
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