supercity88
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The funny thing about the sportwashing accusation is that no one seems to know who we are owned by. We're consistently referenced as being state-owned. But it isn't true. People can decide that because our owner is also part of the royal family that it's the same thing. But it isn't. I always think that if people don't know our ownership then our owners aren't doing a very good job of "washing" their image.
I hate the hypocrisy of this sportswashing nonsense anyway. We live in a country that slagged off the World Cup in Qatar despite taking a shit load of money from it over the past decade. We supply weapons to the Saudis and are keen to jump into bed with them, but suddenly scrutinise them when they get involved with football.
And clubs are more than happy to take sponsorships from whoever pays the most, regardless of what that company does, where it is based and how it carries out its business. Liverpool fans giving us shit yet have no idea about the behaviour of their shirt sponsors being a big example.
You could argue Abramovich was sportswashing as well. There have always been major question marks about the source of his wealth and how he got it. But he kept investing in Chelsea, the criticism died down and then everyone was over it. No one was that bothered about the WC being in Russia either despite their human rights record and invasion of Crimea. We're all media washed to hate whatever we're told to. Abramovich was even lauded as a hero as he was apparently meeting Putin to tell him to stop the invasion of Ukraine! Hypocritical nonsense.