Sports Washing

The Pat Kenny Show vor 3 Wochen

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This week, after months of assumptions that LIV golf was on its
last legs, its chief executive said that they have secured
funding to keep it alive.

Since its inception, Saudi investments in LIV have totalled more
than 5 billion and it has faced accusations of 'sports washing'.

But why do sports fans seem to pick and choose when we care about
sports washing? Many of us this summer would criticise FIFA
president Gianni Infantino while also watching the world cup.

Are we being hypocritical by being so anti-LIV? Is our sport
tunnel vision so bad that we only care about these things once
they're in the tunnel with us?

Joining Pat to discuss is sports correspondent with the Irish
Times Gavin Cooney