There are many pro sport athletes who have been able to do whatever they want and others that want to win cover for them.

He screwed up. Apologizing makes zero difference to me. Don’t screw up. People do, all the time, but an apology doesn’t make it disappear.

I don’t care if he owned it after. Don’t care. It was a stupid play by an asshat. He will forever be remembered by his actions, not his apology. The wife beater may apologize but that doesn’t eliminate his action. He’s still a wife beater.

Actions have consequences. I’m glad he got tossed and the team should cut him. He’s a disgrace. All these people touting his apology are just justifying excusing the behavior. He needs to grow up.

> How about why in 1999?

Hehehe, what an excellent point, sir. Did Cricket Australia get in a time machine and go to the future to play that one? :)

Are you forgetting the last 20 years? How is that even possible?

I say enough about ‘whataboutisms’ and call a spade a spade

Good for them I applaud it

What you have to say about Xenophobia in IPL?

Afghanistan did the same to Zimbabwe. Tit for tat.

Afghanistan had a women’s team from 2010-2021 you fucking idiot

I think you need to double check your understanding of the word “injustice”. The taliban would be a great place to start.

> why did they play Afghanistan in 2018? Why in 2015?

Because at the time the Afghan National Government was cooperating with the west, and while still deeply flawed was allowing girls to go to school and university and get jobs. There was even a certain amount of democratic legitimacy to the Afghan government under Karzai and Ghani. They even had a women's cricket team which were playing international matches.

The cricket team was perceived to be representing that government.

The Taliban have reversed all of these things, so it's not surprising sporting organisations are changing their stance.

Edit: And in 1999 it wasn't even legal to play cricket on Afghanistan so I doubt they were playing many other nations at the time. The Afghan Cricket Board was actually based over the border in Pakistan until 2000 so it was out of the reach of the Taliban

Do you think anyone cares about Afghanistan joining the ICC?

Wait what

Good, fuck them. We don't need Afghanistan or any country that abuses its citizens in the ICC.

Tough shit? I don't see an issue with it. Media coverage, etc. means more people become aware and in this crazy world, some people don't pay attention to the news and care more about sport so, as I said, this highlights issues.

Also, what do you mean, 'are the Taliban wrong?' Yes, they're wrong about most things, it would seem. Not sure what you're getting at.

You know you love it

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4 hours, , 32 upvotes, 1 comment. Oh how the mighty have fallen. NASCAR made some bad decisions in the 2000s that are still reverberating.

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Maybe not but now we're talking about it. That's worth something.

Why is it shocking lmao?

The Taliban played a major role in introducing cricket to Afghanistan.

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You mean to say, everything was fine up until that point in time?

Well also the athletes generally have people they care about back home that wouldn’t have a happy life if they defect. So that’s good motivation to force the athletes to come home

Yea fair.