jews in sports

Question

The media and Jewish community goes wild when they hear that a Jewish proffesional sports figure refuses to play on the Shabat or Holiday (as by Sandy Kofax). I was wondering, is there truly any requirement for this? After all, what melacha are they possibly avoiding by their not playing.

Answer

Answered by Aaron Abadi

He's working on Shabbat. The big question should be if he is allowed to do this at all. AA