Cinnamon Bun 383 Posted March 1, 2022 #181 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I feel as the situation escalates in Ukraine federations and organisations like Fina and the multiple Tennis ones will have no choice but to revert their decision on letting Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi 91 Posted March 1, 2022 #182 Share Posted March 1, 2022 World Rugby has subsequently banned both Russia and Belarus. Not that they were major players anyway particularly in real rugby (15s) but that would ruin the Russian 7s program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,597 Posted March 1, 2022 #183 Share Posted March 1, 2022 2 hours ago, hckošice said: Absolutely disgusting ! Tennis should be kicked out of the Olympics. Innocent Ukrainian civilians right now are killed in their country and russian tennis players will be allowed to play for big money at grand slams and so and even under their flag.. They won't compete under their flag. And so far that is the most reasonable decision made by ATP/WTA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,199 Posted March 2, 2022 #184 Share Posted March 2, 2022 3 hours ago, hckošice said: Absolutely disgusting ! Tennis should be kicked out of the Olympics. Innocent Ukrainian civilians right now are killed in their country and russian tennis players will be allowed to play for big money at grand slams and so and even under their flag.. Not all of them win big money, those outside the top 150 barely make a living. It's not like in football where they can just keep playing for russian clubs in the russian league, they have no source of income if you don't allow them to travel and compete internationally. opruh, Makedonas and LuizGuilherme 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,584 Posted March 2, 2022 #185 Share Posted March 2, 2022 15 hours ago, Vektor said: It's foolish to think that the US would ever get this kind of treatment if they start a war anywhere. I wouldn't even blame racism why there wouldn't be boycotts in the case of another war in the Middle East similar to Iraq. People are only up in arms about this war because they see Ukraine as a democratic country that wants to join the West. If Russia would have invaded Belarus the international reaction wouldn't be anywhere near as dramatic. Sure, people were protesting against wars initiated by the US, but in the end it's our ideology (democracy, freedom) against a country or countries with an opposing ideology. If the US invades Iran the next day in the name of protecting freedom and democracy and whatever bullshit casus belli they fabricate this time, Europe would join them, and nobody would even talk about sanctions. I'm not sure how much of a difference it makes, but I think it's important to point out that the US was not trying to annex Iraq or any other Middle Eastern country... opruh and thiago_simoes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 2,924 Posted March 2, 2022 #186 Share Posted March 2, 2022 11 minutes ago, Makedonas said: I'm not sure how much of a difference it makes, but I think it's important to point out that the US was not trying to annex Iraq or any other Middle Eastern country... No matter the motive, it was still an unilateral unlawful invasion, and as such, a violation of UN law, same as now. Still no one was to oppose “‘murica” opruh and amen09 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amen09 384 Posted March 2, 2022 #187 Share Posted March 2, 2022 19 minutes ago, mrv86 said: No matter the motive, it was still an unilateral unlawful invasion, and as such, a violation of UN law, same as now. Still no one was to oppose “‘murica” Exactly same thing for Saudi Arabia in Yemen mrv86 and opruh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,694 Posted March 2, 2022 #188 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I dont know if it was posted already but FIVB banned all national teams and clubs of Russia and Belarus. Russia also lost hosting rights of Men's World Championships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted March 2, 2022 #189 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Svitolina played Potapova last night, in bright Ukrainian colours. Something like this has much more of a message than telling a random player from somewhere down the rankings "you can't play". If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,267 Posted March 2, 2022 #190 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Some may argue that athletes are not to blame. Partly, yes I agree as well, But, Unfortunately, they represent the country of the aggressor, and Putin likes to show his propaganda through them. Whole world and different sectors (Sport included) Rejecting the Russian aggression (with support of Belarus) in Ukraine is not a political stance, but a question of what world we want to live in. Whether you continue to be free, live in peace, or the one where you are threatened by occupation and the threat of a nuclear catastrophe. Canada4thewin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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