Clay Travis shows strong disregard for Wimbledon’s ban, calling it “Mob Rule” and “Social Justice Anarchy”
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Aryna Sabalenka and Daniil Medvedev
Wimbledon has officially banned Russian and Belarusian players from participating in the tournament. Many people disagree with them, this is because banning individual players on the basis of their nationality is wrong. Even the ATP and WTA are against Wimbledon on this decision. They also called it “unfair” and”very disappointing”.Clay Travis the American commentator and sports journalist has also shown his disapproval of Wimbledon’s decision. He has posted a video on Twitter with regards to his disapproval of the decision.
In the video, Clay Travis says that he disagrees with Wimbledon on banning the Russian and Belarusian players. He believes that they should not ban individuals athletes from representing themselves as this is not the Olympics. He is of the opinion that we should not judge players for the choices their country makes because we don’t know what the players think about the invasion of Ukraine. Clay also added with the example of China that he feels action should be taken against China and not individual athletes of China. In the video Travis strongly opposed the invasion but said that banning an individual from playing for completion is “mob rule” and “social justice anarchy.” Travis directly said that Wimbledon got it wrong.
Wimbledon’s announcement to ban Russian athletes receives backlash
Wimbledon announced that Russians and Belarusian players will not be able to compete in the competition because of the invasion of Ukraine. The men’s world number 2 Daniil Medvedev of Russia and the women’s world number 4 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus will be the most affected tennis player by this decision.
“Russian and Belarusian players will not be allowed to compete at Wimbledon this year because of the invasion of Ukraine“
The ATP and WTA said that this was unfair. ATP said it could be a “damaging precedent for the game” while the WTA said it was “very disappointing” Novak Djokovic the six-time men’s single champion at the Wimbledon said he did not support the “crazy” decision by the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC).In a statement, the ATP said “Discrimination based on nationality also constitutes a violation of our agreement with Wimbledon that states that player entry is based solely on ATP rankings.”
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