Something was different this time.
, spurned a Saudi Arabia–backed startup tour.
’s decision is stark, though, if only because soccer has spent the past few decades screaming, “That is not our problem!” in response to anything that might pose one.I have no idea if ’s ejection of Russian teams heralds anything in particular about how soccer or any other sport will handle malign governments going forward. But it does highlight the increasing impossibility of
or any other governing body pretending that it can silo itself off from the surrounding world. The Beijing Olympics werethat prevented anyone involved from separating the Games from everything else. But booting Russia is something different: an entire sport’s overlords realizing the status quo was impossible in light of a particular kind of war that Russia’s president started all on his own.Vladimir Putin is trying to take over Ukraine with guns and tanks. Western governments are trying to discourage him by making his and his country’s finances as big a mess as possible without inconveniencing Western citizens. Russia is fighting a war against Ukraine.
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