I think the discussion about sports and politics and how they can't be separated is as old as sports itself. I don't agree with the IAAF placing the World Champs in Doha this week, nor FIFA placing the world champs there in 3 years. But the argument that sports can be a positive force does hold water. I don't think disqualifying all non-democracies from holding competitions is the answer, but they need to be held to higher standards than they do now.
In this particular case I think the idea of applying Chinese censorship to people in the US (which is effectively what this is) in order to let the Chinese regime maintain its story about what's going on in HK is absolutely absurd.
In this particular case I think the idea of applying Chinese censorship to people in the US (which is effectively what this is) in order to let the Chinese regime maintain its story about what's going on in HK is absolutely absurd.