If Dodgers Don’t Quit Big Oil, the Olympics May Make Them https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/128142/ #Baseball #BigOil #Dodgers #FoulBall #La #LADodgers #LA2028 #LADodgers #LosAngeles #LosAngelesDodgers #LosAngeles #LosAngelesDodgers #MLB #olympics #Sportswashing
#SportsWashing
#football #soccer
“International sporting events, spectacles of recreation designed to distract people from their day-to-day lives, are cultural and political branding opportunities for their hosts. For authoritarians, they have long been used as a tool to distract from or launder stains of #humanrights violations and #corruption – a practice called #sportswashing”
Authoritarian-friendly #Fifa fest shows why next year’s #WorldCup must be boycotted https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/16/fifa-trump-club-world-cup
"A compra de direitos do #mundialdeclubes por parte da #DAZN e a lei da mordaça tem uma inequívoca digital: o Fundo de Investimento Público (#PIF), o fundo de investimentos árabe controlado pelo príncipe herdeiro #mohammedbinsalman, um dos maiores do mundo, com estimados ativos US$ 925 bilhões e investimento em setores diversificados. Com expectativa de chegar a US$ 3 trilhões na próxima década. O que explica toda a censura e mantém o silêncio e a cumplicidade do mundo do futebol e detentores de direitos de transmissão com violações aos direitos humanos ao redor do mundo e com os problemas dos grandes eventos.
A compra de eventos esportivos é parte central da “Visão 2030”, estratégia desenhada para estabelecer a vinculação do nome da #ArábiaSaudita para melhoria da imagem do país no exterior. Um caso típico de #sportswashing, a lavagem de imagem pelo esporte. E o PIF é o grande agente desse planejamento."
#futbol #futebol #clubsworldcup
https://iclnoticias.com.br/a-lei-da-mordaca-da-fifa-no-mundial-de-clubes/
@QasimRashid also the #IOC has been supportibg #facists in #Sportswashing so hard that I'm surprised they didn't let #Tokyo1940 happen regardless of the #war by the #Nazis...
FIFA makes Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public Investment Fund a "partner" of the Club World Cup in the United States.
Saudi state money is also effectively funding the Club World Cup broadcasting deal.
(AP) #FIFA #SaudiArabia #sportswashing
https://apnews.com/article/fifa-saudi-arabia-club-world-cup-09bcc982e20ec4562572a4c8fba54a97
@berlinerwassertisch das traurige ist dass dies #Sportswashing durch #Diktaturen wie #SaudiArabein natürlich umso einfacher macht.
- Weil dort word kein Mensch nach irgendwas gefragt.
Unabhängig davon kann ich #NOlympia nachvollziehen weil die gajze #CyberfaschistischeKackshice die seit spätestens der #WM 2006 gepushed wurde absolut inakzeptabel ist und das #IOC noch korrupter als #FIFA ist!
(125/...) ... événements sportifs et qui commettent des actes délictueux” -> villes refusent accueillir matchs crainte débordements + création nouveau système adapté aux “événements de masse”. (cf #cuju).
- Rwanda #golf + Ligue africaine de #basketball + #football Arsenal/PSG/Bayern Munich #finance sponsoring #VisitRwanda #tourisme (cf 2018 2019 2023) -> conflit armé M23 Congo RDC #sportswashing (cf #cuju) ...
#year2025 #anthropocene #climat #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis
"At least 35 U.S. pro basketball, football, hockey and soccer teams have similar sponsorship deals that afford companies a range of promotional perks, from billboards and jersey logos to community outreach projects and facility naming rights.
U.S. sports leagues and teams also partner with banks and insurance companies that invest billions of dollars annually in coal, #OilAndGas companies, all to the detriment of public health and the environment."
https://themoneytrail.substack.com/p/mlb-should-stop-playing-ball-with
@bewilderbeast23 @bigjsl @Lurkle different reasons, same outcome I guess...
- But hey, #IOC continues a then 90 year long tradition to enable and support #Sportswashing of #Dictatorships!
The owner of #NUFC oversees a murderous regime that systematically oppresses women, girls and LGBTQIA+ people and targets people who speak out, even murdering and dismembering journalists like Jamal Khashoggi. He uses sports to project a positive image and exercise soft power over western societies.
@AssociatedPress @sports-AssociatedPress
#Sportswashing is alive and well.
@bloomberg @business-bloomberg
So #KSA is allowed to continue #Sportswashing it's bloody regime.
#Sportswashing happens when fossil fuel companies seek to launder their tarnished reputations through tactics such as the million-dollar sponsorship that some say has turned #LosAngeles #Dodger Stadium, a beloved community institution that's home to world champions, into a billboard for #BigOil.
The #SierraClub is hosting a free webinar, moderated by #LosAngelesTimes climate columnist #SammyRoth with speakers #BillMcKibben and #NaomiOreskes.
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00000fKfZ3IAK
ÄH!
#GlennKamara jatkaa uraansa Saudi-Arabiassa.
#Urheilupesu ei tuota siis eettisesti liki* poikkeuksellisten huuhkajienkaan riveissä ongelmaa. Valitettavasti.
*Viitekehyksenä, niin, se urheilu.
EDIT: Lisätty linkki, jonka näemmä olin unohtanut, heh.
#Kamara #SaudiArabia #futis #fudis #jalkapallo #SuomiFutis #urheilu #sportswashing
I wonder how closely the UCI are monitoring the situation in #DRC with #Rwanda? Looks like things are going to get messy(er) which could make any #SportsWashing in relation to #Kigali2025 even harder to ignore. #proCycling
I was curious as to what #NUFC's Saudi shirt sponsor actually do. It turns out they're literally advertising #Sportswashing Inc. on behalf of their owner who ordered the murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and who oversees the repression of women, girls and LGBTQIA+ people and anyone who dissents in his fiefdom. #saudi #SaudiArabia #ksa #football #NewcastleUnited #NEWBOU
Despite female partners of Spanish club players being harassed at the Supercopa semifinal in Saudi Arabia, the RFEF is trying to take the women’s Supercopa there too.
Despite women not having anything close to equal rights 😓
Normally when Real Madrid plays Barcelona I'd watch with interest. But when it's a trumped up "supercup" in Saudi Arabia all I can think of is Jamal Khashoggi, executions and human rights abuses.
Sportswashing at its worst. Shame on all involved.
#Clásico #sportswashing #SaudiArabia
https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/saudi-arabia/
Se llama #sportswashing, o [doble] blanqueo mediante el deporte, y es una herramienta del crimen organizado transnacional. Apoyarlo es responsabilidad de muchos: instituciones, gobiernos, clubes, deportistas y también aficionados (que en este caso han sido cómplices y víctimas).
#COT
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