Flying Athletes to Basket Ball Games and Deportees in Chains to Other Countries
What would you do or say?
By all expectations, I would believe universities and the companies supporting them would be more careful with association with commercial entities. That association can (and more likely than not) have a negative impact. I suspect the universities (giving the benefit of the doubt) did not know of this association. sigh . . .
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The NCAA and Universities Should Dump GlobalX Airlines, Arsenal PAC
By all reasoning there should be no support for an airline flying people to a detention camp. Don’t Fly With ICE!
A plane carries 157 people to a detention camp in chains.
Hours later, a college basketball team boards the same plane, buckles into the same seats, and flies to March Madness.
Our universities booked one of those flights. But our tuition and our tax dollars paid for both.
GlobalX Airlines holds the NCAA’s $5 million charter contract for March Madness. GlobalX also operates the majority of all ICE deportation flights in America. The Athletic confirmed this last year with specific tail numbers and flight records. More than 1,600 students at universities had their visas revoked or their immigration status terminated in 2025. They were flown out on GlobalX — the same airline our NCAA fees pay for.
GlobalX also has serious safety problems. ProPublica reported crew safety concerns on GlobalX flights, including operating with undertrained crew and vacant safety management positions. A crew that was not properly trained for an emergency and an airline with a record of safety issues is a danger to everyone on board.
These are the planes carrying our athletes.
Tell the NCAA and Universities: Dump GlobalX, Don’t Fly With ICE! Arsenal
PressReader.com, “UH faces pressure over airline tied to ICE”