I don't think it's crap, but may be a bit biased and not well written. I wondered how many players made it period and how many were African American. I'm actually happy that most skipped. If I were a player, it would have been a hard decision. I probably would have gone, but were I not lilly white, I don't know. The timing, during the shut down, would have made it a much tougher call as it was obviously supposed to be political theater.