These players are under all kinds of contractual hush hush by the NBA's commissioner Stern. China is gonna mess around a drop the H bomb on us; cause they own us.

Gone are the day of Muhammad Ali Type athletes who spoke out to the injustices of the world. So Lebron speaking out ain't gonna do nothing.

I use to invest in China and made money from it. When I found out China funded weapons to Darfur

I quickly sold all my chinese stocks and started donating funds to Darfur.

We all have the power to do something. I right and ethical thing.

Lebron feel he may lose his endorsements therefore he may stay quiet about the situation

"Do you think Olympic athletes have a responsibility to speak out about China’s relationship with Sudan and its human rights records? Or should the athletes “leave that stuff to the politicians,” as the Olympic leaders are praying they will?"

Well I might have said let the politicians handle it except that politicians haven't done jack sh#t but say how terrible it is that genocide is occurring in Darfur. So considering that and considering that as we speak China is making and shipping guns to the Sudan, I hope some athlete will have the ba##s to say something. I really don’t think it’s going to be LeBron though unless someone pays him a few million to say something.

I'd be more impressed if one of them took a stand against the erosion of rights and liberties we're experiencing right here in the united states.

Well, I can't say it's their "responibility", but if they really have an opinion on the situation then they can speak up if they want. If they don't speak up, they obviously feel that winning a medal is more important. If they really wanted to show their dissappointment in China, they'd boycott the games completely.

I also think that alot of people/athlethes want to protest but can't since the Chinese are censoring everything that's going on. They're even preventing international media/journalists from speaking on the issues going on in China. Celebrities doing concerts there have to sign contracts agreeing not to mention anything about Tibet, Sudan or about the abuse of human rights among the citizens of China.

@GEERUSSELL:
Lol…selfish bastard

China has its claws in most African countries. How about supplying arms to Zimbabwe? Are we waiting for that to become another Darfur? The evidence of their involvement in Darfur is irrefutable and damning. It boggles the mind how they can keep straight faces in the UN. We're all doomed. They DO own us all.

I don't think he or anyone else will be speaking out at this year's olympics. China just revoked the visa of Joey Cheek, a Caucasian former Olympic speedskater, for being a part of the Save Darfur movement so they are ready to yank all visas of anyone making a stink about Darfur and/or Tibet.

Joey Cheek (Olympic gold winning speedskater) is not only an outspoken member of the Save Dafur movement he is also the co-founder of Team Dafur. It's important to note that 70 competing athletes are also members of Team Dafur including the guy (he's one the Lost Boys from Sudan)who will be carrying the U.S. flag in the opening ceremony. I have no idea if any of them will make a statement or engage in any type of protest but I have to imagine that the Chinese government is a bit on edge about having 70 members of Team Dafur on the international stage.

As for the question posed, I believe that we all have a moral responsibility to speak out about injustices - if we fail to do so, we will be called to account one way or another.