How is this going to affect international sporting events, like the World Cup, or the Olympics? Will athletes from other countries be willing to travel to compete in events in the US?
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Athletes can easily be granted concierge or premium services, if they get caught up in it Rubio would understand the global uproar and activated fanbases, its the fans that will have trouble
Athletes don’t travel alone to weeks long events. Families, friends, coaches, managers, logistics people. I can’t imagine how many people affiliated with the athletes who would typically travel to a world championship event.
World class athletes travel to some pretty dicey places and as VIPs should be fine, but we largely won these events by 1) having the buildings for it and 2) being well connected and friendly enough towards many visiting fans
I agree with this, and I’m in the U.S. We are becoming Russia and North Korea, and we deserve all of the backlash. I’m sorry half of our country are fascist, brain-dead cult followers. I voted for her. 😣😭
we don't hate you... but any country with this kind of power should be toned down a bit. we are all equals but the US seem to think they are a bit more equal. it was true before trump and it led to his rise and to US exceptionalism and its condescending attituted towards all other countries.
Fully agree. I’ve traveled a decent amount and a lot of us act just as entitled in other countries, which is embarrassing. We aren’t that great, but people like to think we are.
As a US citizen I think people should, if they can, until we can prove to you that we are sane again. They should move all the World Cup events to Canada and Mexico and just have the Olympics in Paris again.
International players in US leagues (women footballers in the cases i've heard of, not NBA superstars I suppose)are already deferring trips home because they fear trouble at the border. You can beat they're also looking at job offers elsewhere.
I think athletes also at risk The US accosted and disappeared a RHODE’S SCHOLAR from the street, moved her cross country, and imprisoned due to a measured opinion piece written for her school newspaper...
That was admin policy but I think athletes are in practice more at risk from a bunch of these agents being hyper nationalist weirdos who don't perceive any restraints and aren't likely to check if you're a professional athlete before they detain you.
Probably not since every athlete will have to basically undergo genetic testing and genital inspections by the Federal Government to prove they're not trans.
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It's pay for play.
Anyone can buy an all-access Golden Trump Visa for $5million
Priced high enough to keep the Riffraff of the 3rd world out