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Is Wimbledon doing the right thing?

doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Wimbledon has banned Russians and Belarusian players from competing this year, do you think this is the right thing to do?

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  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Of course not.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Absolutely NOT.

    The Russian people have done nothing wrong,

    I HATE HATE HATE CANCELLATION of anything!!! 🤬

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No, but it makes them feel warm and fuzzy trying to do something that does not effect anything in reality.

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't agree with their decision but maybe it was made to avoid unruly protests in and around the stadium during the event. If that's so, then I understand why and maybe it's the best way to proceed.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,262 ✭✭✭✭✭

    no, it was reactionary and the wrong decision.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @craig44 said:
    no, it was reactionary and the wrong decision.

    Most likely.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree, it's wrong to ban them from competing, they shouldn't be punished for the sins of their government.

  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 11, 2022 2:50PM

    Why????......Why?????......I should have known better!....What was I thinking???......🙊

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is this a political opinion poll disguised as a sports discussion thread?

    askin for a friend, again

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hydrant said:

    @doubledragon said:
    I agree, it's wrong to ban them from competing, they shouldn't be punished for the sins of their government.

    The President of The United States banned American athletes from competing in the 1980 Olympics because of the sins of the Russian government....... Think about that!....🤔

    Yes, I remember that, because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, I think over 60 nations boycotted those Olympics.

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thisistheshow said:
    Is this a political opinion poll disguised as a sports discussion thread?

    askin for a friend, again

    I don't know what you're talking about.

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thisistheshow said:
    Is this a political opinion poll disguised as a sports discussion thread?

    askin for a friend, again

    for about the last 10 years sports has been infusing itself with politics.

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hydrant said:

    @doubledragon said:
    I agree, it's wrong to ban them from competing, they shouldn't be punished for the sins of their government.

    The President of The United States banned American athletes from competing in the 1980 Olympics because of the sins of the Russian government....... Think about that!....🤔

    Because those games were in Moscow CCCP.

    This Wimbledon issue is different because the games are not in Russia / Belarus.

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 11, 2022 2:46PM

    I'm outta' here!.......🏃

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hydrant said:
    I'm outta' here!.......🏃

    ...
    Call me Joe, I was too slow. Lol

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Alfonz24 said:

    @thisistheshow said:
    Is this a political opinion poll disguised as a sports discussion thread?

    askin for a friend, again

    for about the last 10 years sports has been infusing itself with politics.

    ..
    Don't get me wrong, I wasn't implying anything nefarious or necessarily negative. While I know that politics has been negatively forced into everything, I also don't mind to talk about it. I was just messing around with DD.

    PS
    I liked your tag when it was Brandon for a day or two, but the move to Switzerland was funny.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Alfonz24 said:

    @thisistheshow said:
    Is this a political opinion poll disguised as a sports discussion thread?

    askin for a friend, again

    for about the last 10 years sports has been infusing itself with politics.

    This is exactly why I stopped watching ESPN

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:

    @Alfonz24 said:

    @thisistheshow said:
    Is this a political opinion poll disguised as a sports discussion thread?

    askin for a friend, again

    for about the last 10 years sports has been infusing itself with politics.

    This is exactly why I stopped watching ESPN

    ....
    This is slightly off topic, but I think it fits. You are spot-on, perk, about ESPN. I am cognizant of the spin, propaganda, and conflation that abounds within all media. But i still consume some. I pick and choose, if just to know what the people are being fed...

  • LandrysFedoraLandrysFedora Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I totally disagree with this decision by Wimbledon. What does this accomplish? Does it contribute to world peace? Does it make the world a better place to ostracize some tennis players from a tennis tournament who have nothing to do with the doings of the governments of the countries in which they are from?

  • coolstanleycoolstanley Posts: 2,885 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Whats even worse is un-vaxxed players not being allowed to play tournaments. The #1 player in the World Novak Djokovic is not allowed to play the U.S. Open this year.

    Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!

    Ignore list -Basebal21

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ScoobyDoo2 said:
    Whatever Steven A Smith says I disagree.....

    the joy behar of sports talk.

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
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