kanter has become the league s most vocal critic of china. in a new op-ed in the wall street journal, he calls for the winter olympics to be moved out of china entirely. he writes, the sports community must wake up and speak up. we need to realize the authoritarian chinese government isn t our friend. it is a dictatorship that weaponized economic power to achieve ideological and political compliance. joining us now is ennis kanter. i know you had a game last night, you want the winter olympics for moved. let s say that doesn t happen. it is unlikely for that to happen. what do you think athletes should do? should they refuse to go to china? thanks for having me, john. i think if you see what s happening in china it is definitely heart breaking. there are so many human rights violations and so many people who are suffering right now. and shame on organizations like
do. at the end of the day, it s a bad standard to set that we start boycotting. the fact that a member of congress decided to do that is problematic. they re doing that on college campuses. just like the university of texas. dana: let me show you this tweet from kenny stills with the dolphins. he was talking about ross foundation. he said you can t have a nonprofit with this mission statement then open your doors to trump. nonprofit basically says educate and empower the sports community to eliminate racial discrimination, champion social justice and improve race relations. how widespread is that belief though? i think it s pretty well dyed into the coiffe. people are missing the point. when businesses get involved in politics, the people that are business owner, they re supporting it from an economic standpoint. like i said, the economic agenda of equinox versus the people that are in the equinox is much different. so i think dana: i believe, wasn t it