There are too many costs to society, to the sport and to the players, too many unanswered questions about who benefits from the current state of affairs to oppose this rule.
The ACLU, for example, urged Congress to disapprove the SSA regulation, stating, "We oppose this rule because it advances and reinforces the harmful stereotype that people with mental disabilities, a vast and diverse group of citizens, are violent".
Unsurprisingly, Wall Street trade groups opposed this new rule.
The most important truth -- in fact, the very reason some in industry are scrambling for arguments to oppose this new rule -- is that the Clean Power Plan is a turning point in our environmental and economic history.
The Airlines Reporting Corporation said that this was a good idea, and the American Society of Travel Agents, which rabidly opposed the rule, was likewise pleased.
Industry groups had opposed the rule.
She noted that JetBlue, SkyWest and FedEx have also opposed the rule change.
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has also opposed the rule on economic grounds.
Several members of Congress also opposed the rule, including Representative John Yarmuth, Democrat of Kentucky.
Having opposed the rule as little more than a gift to the utilities at the expense of public health, this page had no quarrel with the decision.
