I have a legit question for everyone. The article says that cock fighting is illegal in Puerto Rico. Diaz says that it isn't.
Do you think he didn't get the memo that it was outlawed almost seven years ago?
Another question. Does the Puerto Rican government look the other way on this and don't enforce the laws?
Third question. How is this different than Michael Vick.
Fourth question. As Mets fans, knowing this about him, does this change the way you felt about him over the years and wanting him to re up with the team?
Fifth question. Does Lindor or any other Met with Puerto Rican heritage also participate in this at all?
From the NY Post.
The story also cited a March 10 news article from the island’s largest newspaper, El Nuevo Día, that “includes a photo showing Diaz standing in the pit of a cockfighting arena,” evidently during an off-day amid this spring’s World Baseball Classic.
While cockfighting is a centuries-old tradition in Puerto Rico, it was banned there when the United States federal government outlawed the practice in all of its territories in 2019.
Puerto Rican politicians initially tried to defy the ban by adopting carve-outs in their own local laws, PBS reported in 2019. Local clubs, such as the one tied to Díaz, also filed lawsuits trying to get the federal restriction struck down, as noted in the USA Today story, though such challenges ultimately failed.
Still, cockfighting continues as part of the local culture.
The report cited a quote Díaz supposedly gave to El Nuevo Día in its March 10 article, with him saying of cockfighting: “It’s a pastime I’ve followed since I was a child. It’s legal in Puerto Rico, thank God. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be here.”
Both the Dodgers and a representative for Díaz did not respond to requests for comment from The California Post on Thursday.
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