Posted on 03/17/2022 10:54:54 AM PDT by nickcarraway
US Open champion Daniil Medvedev, currently ranked No. 1 in the world, could be banned from Wimbledon, along with fellow Russian and Belarusian athletes, unless they provide “assurance” that they do not support Russian president Vladimir Putin amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine, British Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston said on Tuesday.
“Many countries have agreed that they will not allow representatives from Russia to compete. There are also visa issues as well. When it comes to individuals, that is more complex,” Huddleston said at a UK Parliament select committee meeting when asked about Medvedev competing at Wimbledon.
“Absolutely nobody flying the flag for Russia should be allowed or enabled. We need some potential assurance that they are not supporters of Putin and we are considering what requirements we may need to try and get some assurances along those lines.”
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Its ridiculous and, Putin aside, reminds me of the Cultural Revolution where people were forced to publicly confess their ‘crimes’ and declare fealty to Chairman Mao.
Who came up with this, The Daily Mail?
I don’t agree with this at all. He is not a politician, but an athlete. The real solution would be to ban all Russian citizens from entering the UK. No reason to single out people because they are celebrities. Wait till you are asked to condemn Trump before receiving medical attention. There is no difference here.
Really, way to put his family’s life in danger for a symbolic stunt.
It’s also offensive in that forced speech is just as wrong as censorship, just the flip side of the same thing.
He doesn’t even live in Russia.
This is what Islamonazis make their hostages do.
I think your real solution is just as stupid.
Keep politics our of sports.
Keep mandatory covid shots out of sports.
Keep men off women’s teams.
It will all work out okay.
If they ban Joker for Covid and Med for Russia their tennis tournament will deserve many astericks
Ahutoritarianism. It’s what “democracy’ means to the globalists.
Way to show off The West’s love of freedom by acting like a Soviet police state
It should cause us all to realize who has taken over our government both Democrats and Republicans who would agree with this.
Agreed. This is lame. Let him play or don’t let him play, but the idea of coerced denunciations rubs me the wrong way. “I reject Putin and all his works and all his empty promises...” etc etc.
Remember the Cancel culture when we get back into power
Lindsey and Mitt Joe and Kamala the Uniparty of Soviets.
I see what you did there.
Ridiculous. Why him? Oh. Because he’s Russian. Therefore its OK to trample on his rights and act like that is somehow “justified”. Because everybody born on that part of the earth is just as responsible as Putin himself I guess :rolleyes:
He should hold a press conference with whomever is pushing this. He should tell them that he will condemn putin to get their engagement in the conference. Then he should condemn them on life TV, and not Putin. and while doing so, point out that he doesn’t represent russia or anyone else except himself.
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