Djokovich, Rodgers, Irving, etc. aren't just entitled rich people who are so arrogant they think they know better than science. They are betraying the two groups who enabled them to get rich--their fellow athletes & the public. These are not "off the field or court issues."
These jerks put their team mates &/or opponents at risk, officials, those who work in & around their games and they sent a terrible message to those who buy support their sports. They can't claim these are "personal" decisions and then cash in otherwise on their public personas.
The fact that the leaders of the corporate sports machines for which they work have given them license to behave this way makes them complicit too. Nearly two thousand people are dying a day in the US alone...almost all of them unvaccinated.
Since doctors, scientists and federal government leaders are speaking in unison about the value of vaccines, the only reason people are choosing the deadly path of rejecting them has to be prominent voices persuading them that's the right way.
Trump, GOP leaders, some evangelicals & quacks play a role in this. But so too do prominent figures from sports, media & the arts who are role models. Insurance companies & sporting goods manufacturers alike pay these folks millions because of the power they have to influence.
The selfish, callous, ignorant, dangerous behavior of these people should come at a high cost...because the behavior has taken an incalculable but enormous toll. Giving them special license effectively endorses them and that should stop too. Good for Australia in that respect.
If Rodgers wins the MVP in the NFL in a year when he put his teammates & opponents as well as fans at risk would send yet another repulsive message about pro football & its values. We shall see how that plays out. But this is not celebrity trivia. It is a matter of life & death.
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