I guess countries can learn from this. If there are players they don’t want to win, then can bar them from the country. They can [ick the winners. Could be a source of revenue.
“’Cause you can’t swim with a mask on”
And even a fifth grader knows that CCP-cooties can’t be spread in the water.
/s
The coof agreed to a truce so it doesn’t spread in the pool but only on a tennis court, just like the truce when sitting at a restaurant but not walking in the door.
Never attempt to apply critical thinking skills to political and public health agency policies. It hurts your head and only makes you sick.
Djokovic broke rules.
Firstly,
Tennis Australia and Victoria officials said Djokovic had been one of a “handful” of the people granted medical exemptions and had received no special treatment, with applications anonymous and reviewed by two independent panels. Without an exemption, all Australian Open participants, including staff and fans attending the event, are required to show proof of vaccination.
The federal government, however, is responsible for international borders and visas and did not participate in the process for considering exemptions. All of the athletes that received the local exemptions were not allowed to stay. So the exemptions they were given by Tennis Australia and Victoria are not valid for border entry.
Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked men’s tennis player, acknowledged on Wednesday that a travel document he presented to Australian border officials last week contained false information, as the country’s authorities continued to investigate whether he should be deported.
But Mr. Djokovic’s statement did not fully resolve a range of questions that have swirled over his quest to remain in Australia and seek a record 21st Grand Slam title. Among them are exactly when he learned of the positive test result and how his travel documents came to falsely assert that he had not traveled internationally in the 14 days before his arrival in Australia.
In his statement, Mr. Djokovic also addressed questions about that declaration he made on his visa paperwork that he had not traveled to any other countries in the 14 days before arriving in Australia and ws aware the paperwork warns of serious penalties for false answers to the questions.
His declaration had seemed to be contradicted by social media posts showing him traveling between Spain and Serbia. On Wednesday, he said his agent had made an “administrative mistake in ticking the incorrect box.”
“This was a human error and certainly not deliberate,” he said, adding that his team on Wednesday had “provided additional information to the Australian government to clarify the matter.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/world/asia/novak-djokovic-covid-statement.html
This was supported in other news outlets. Day late and a dollar short.
Additionally he still did a photo shoot with L’Equipe magazine in Belgrade on the 18th when he knew he was positive from TMz.com which he did not report either as required.
https://www.tmz.com/2022/01/12/novak-djokovic-australian-open-covid-photoshoot-lying/
He is supposed to be an adult and to be awarded the opportunity to compete for such huge prizes he had to do a few things that were not that hard to accomplish. It is his name out there not his “crew.” He is responsible and he either screwed up or did it deliberately. Then tried to bluff his way through and they wouldn’t buy his violating their rules that he was forewarned about.
So if they are trying to keep him from competing, he sure obliged them by providing multiple violations of their rules all by himself. And anyone with any intelligence would know that the tennis federation and the State of Victoria cannot overrule federal law concerning visas to enter the country. And he knew that, too, and tried to get way with it. The only question is why?
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