Ban Russia, Ban USA, Blame Canada

[donlever]

That's what they do in pro tennis 5th.

Russians and Bela's compete as neutrals.

No flags...no anthems...no country names noted.

Ukrainian players Marta Kostyuk & Elina Svitolina decline post-match handshakes or any side by side photo ops when playing opponents from Russia or Belarus.....

The top female player in the world the past few years is Aryna Sabalenka who is Belarusian.

She has around 6 million followers on IG and is engaged to Brazilian entrepreneur Georgios Frangulis (the Oakberry Acai dude) so she is not suffering from any anti-war vehemence....

She claims to be pro-peace, anti-Lukashenko and her opinion matches MCP with respect to sports and politics.

Per would mute her.

Others wouldn't.

[5thhorseman]

Aryna Sabalenka

Per would mute her.

Others wouldn't.

Might be difficult to mute with those shoulders.

[donlever]

She is a bit of a beast yes.

Can't decide whether she is worthy of our thread or not.

[5thhorseman]

Don't be ashamed. Everyone has their kink.

[Carl Yagro]

I bet she has a pretty large kink...

Carly A. is looking pretty feminine and demure next to that.

[Tciso]

Carney decided to shove the picket fence right up his own ass on this.

"The federal government said it would use its immigration powers to prevent Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from entering Canada to compete under their national symbols.

Ottawa said the measure was intended to prevent Russia and Belarus from using international sporting events in Canada as platforms for political legitimacy and propaganda. Athletes competing as neutrals could still be permitted to participate" - TSN

Either ban them outright, or not at all. Playing as neutrals is a scam. Like putin a dress on a boy, and calling it a girl. The announcers spend half the game explaining that the neutrals are Russian. They get more coverage and still get the legitimacy. So, its still bullshit. No fence sitting, please.

[Madcombinepilot]

Carney decided to shove the picket fence right up his own ass on this.

"The federal government said it would use its immigration powers to prevent Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from entering Canada to compete under their national symbols.

Ottawa said the measure was intended to prevent Russia and Belarus from using international sporting events in Canada as platforms for political legitimacy and propaganda. Athletes competing as neutrals could still be permitted to participate" - TSN

Either ban them outright, or not at all. Playing as neutrals is a scam. Like putin a dress on a boy, and calling it a girl. The announcers spend half the game explaining that the neutrals are Russian. They get more coverage and still get the legitimacy. So, its still bullshit. No fence sitting, please.

Nothing like bending laws for political purposes!! Good thing he can do whatever he wants!

[Cornuck]

If they're also banning Russian businessmen, artists, writers, and any other cultural exchanges, then fine. Russia can go fuck itself.

I don't see how letting Russians play hockey under their flag is in any way going to help end the war. Putin alone can end it, and he won't give a shit if his national team is allowed to play in Europe or Canada or not at all.

Russia is still targeting civilians. And yes, there are other countries we could include in these bans - but this thread is about Russia (for now).

I would expect that if Russian teams played, they would not receive a warm welcome. So why bother?