Well, people just cannot catch a break. Today, sports and politics are suddenly extremely intertwined. Both industries have been historically extremely distrustful of each other. Anytime a sportscaster got remotely political, their boss would probably tell them to "stick to sports!" and that would be that. Politics at ESPN was a big no-no. But something changed. Throughout the 2016 presidential election, politics was something that people other than old men in suits paid attention to. Suddenly everyone had an opinion, and it was cool to have an opinion.

Everyone had an opinion, including ESPN. Their coverage is suddenly obsessed with Colin Kaepernick, OJ Simpson, NFL owners, anthem protests, and whether or not the NBA champions will go to the White House. While I am not personally offended, many Americans have decided to cut the cord on the Worldwide Leader in Sports. Politics has split us apart, and there was one way that this divide could have eased this upcoming summer.

Two years before politics became cool, soccer became cool. People who didn't know what offside meant in May were suddenly analyzing Germany's midfielders in June. Anti-war activists and skeptics of the separation of church and state, both labeled "un-American" by each other, were suddenly watching and celebrating together when the United States took down the Ghanaians on June 16, 2014, in the World Cup.

Well, all I can say is that we had a chance. We could have recaptured that American magic that stole our hearts one summer. But we didn't. We lost to Trinidad and Tobago, and now we must watch other countries, some even more divided than us, participate in what is statistically the largest sporting event on the globe.

Long story short, this country needed a break from the fights and filibusters. We needed a break from Wall Street and Washington. But we are just going to have to solve our own problems. We're going to have to unite on our own, because a British sport is not going to unite us all this summer. All I can say is this: God Bless Us.