LA Galaxy, Aleksandar Katai (Photo by Shaun Clark/Getty Images)
On Friday, the LA Galaxy parted ways with Aleksandar Katai due to racist comments made by his wife. Give credit to the organisation for making the difficult decision.
It is very easy for sports organisations to make the wrong choice. Money, greed, the insatiable desire to win. They are all tremendous motivators and often lead even more honourable and moral figures and teams to making dishonourable and immoral decisions. Power corrupts, as they say, and so does the pressure-cooker world of professional sport.
As such, when organisations make morally brave, bold, and progressive decisions, even if it is often far too late and far too little, they should be praised for stepping against the grain, for standing out from the crowd and dealing with the subsequent criticism that will surely come their way.