Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was unfazed by accusations of sportswashing, in a recent interview.
  • teft@startrek.websiteEnglish
    26·
    9 months ago

    “You will not have competition…and that’s good for the players and the fans who love golf.”

    Ah yes. Lack of competition is always good for the fans. /s

    More like it’s good for MBS’s bank account.

    • StellarExtract@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      Thanks!

      For the even lazier:

      “Sportswashing is a term used to describe the practice of individuals, groups, corporations, or governments using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing. A form of propaganda, sportswashing can be accomplished through hosting sporting events, purchasing, or sponsoring sporting teams, or participating in a sport.”

  • 0xb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    9 months ago

    if he knows what sportswashing is then he knows he’s a piece of shit

    good I guess

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      Follow the money. Nobody that’s profiting from Saudi Arabia will fuck with them no matter how horrible they are so long as business is lucrative. That’s why they get a free pass to do whatever they want.

  • SariEverna@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    Well, I’ve never particularly cared for sports, either, so this improved my opinion of exactly nobody.

  • Doorbook@lemmy.worldEnglish
    86·
    9 months ago

    Again, sport in the US mostly own by corporation. Every other country, would host many events, yet when the Saudi do it, it is a sportswashing. What funny is, sport never stopped people from ignoring any other acts the saudi do. Which make this more like people crying because someone else have more money and willing to spend it on these activities taking them away from the US.

    • nandeEbisu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      The reason it is sports washing is because they have human rights abuses to be hidden. If you shred documents because they have your personal information on it, it fine. If you shred documents because they are evidence of a crime, then that is obstruction of justice. Same principle applies here.

    • quicksand@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      I think the idea is that people talk about the country in a positive context, such as sports. Trying to stem the onslaught of negative news regarding human rights, OPEC etc. But what do I know, I’m not a doctor

  • vivadanang@lemm.eeEnglish
    11·
    9 months ago

    there’s something darkly hilariously ironic that the failing petro-empires of the world will sponsor sports so people keep worrying about adults playing children’s games, instead of the enormous, world-wide multi-generational struggle that surviving climate catastrophe, created by their petro-billions, will require.

    Can’t protest, the game’s on.