Debate is the currency of sports, but we prefer our arguments benign. Harmless. Easy. No wrong answers, no hard feelings. Who should the Dolphins draft with their first-round pick? Can LeBron James ever catch Michael Jordan as the greatest ever? Flip a coin and pick a side because it doesn’t really matter.
Sometimes, though, sports forces upon us a question neither simple nor easy, one in which the arguments on both sides can feel right and feel wrong all at once. A question like this:
Is it appropriate for the Marlins to go ahead with plans to build a statue honoring fallen star Jose Fernandez?