Athletes, like all the other professionals, should stick to what they know and say strictly "I don't know" to everything else. Do you ask pop stars how to save the whales? Do you ask dentists how to save the trees? Do you ask oil drillers how to solve human rights issues? People need to shut the fuck up about the deeply complex issues they know nothing about. People also need to ignore these morons talking about anything outside of their subject of expertise.