Mike Sielski is a sports columnist for the Inquirer. The Associated Press Sports Editors named him the top sports columnist in America in 2015, and his work has been anthologized in "The Best American Sports Writing." The author of two books and a former reporter at The Wall Street Journal, he lives in Bucks County with his wife and two sons.
What Trump did Wednesday is exactly what he was doing in the early years of his presidency, with Kaepernick and the Eagles, just now with more dire and damaging results.
The Giants have done it and used the same reason the Eagles could claim this year. And the Jets got criticized for not tanking when they blew their shot at the No. 1 draft pick.