Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder and the Race Card

It has now been a week since Ryan Braun signed his record-breaking contract extension with the Milwaukee Brewers, but there is an issue that seemingly is not going away on several sports radio shows. Many people feel that race was an issue when the Brewers signed Braun over first basemen Prince Fielder. For the sake of saving several people that may accuse me of racism, let me preface all this by saying that I am white, therefore it is hard for me to relate to a Black man like Prince Fielder or even Ryan Braun being of Jewish decent. I also believe that race is an issue not only in several instances in sport but also this country, but race is used FAR too much as a crutch for all races when it really isn't an issue and this happens to be a case of that.