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'''Fake sports''', similar to [[fake news]], entail a false or misleading public representation, often for political or economic gain.

'''Fake sports''', similar to [[fake news]], entail a false or misleading public representation, often for political or economic gain.

In 2022, the top tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, was excluded from competing in the [[Australia]]n "Open" tournament based on an unrelated political issue concerning his [[vaccination]] status.  His exclusion had nothing to do with his tennis talent, which is concededly the best in the world and probably the best of all-time.  Yet the Australian "Open" proceeded under the pretense that it was some kind of championship tournament open to the best players in the world.  It is not.

In 2022, the top tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, was excluded from competing in the [[Australia]]n "Open" tournament based on an unrelated political issue concerning his [[vaccination]] status.  His exclusion had nothing to do with his tennis talent, which is concededly the best in the world and probably the best of all time.  Yet the Australian "Open" proceeded under the pretense that it was some kind of championship tournament open to the best players in the world.  It is not.

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[NFL sham tryouts]]

*[[NFL sham tryouts]]

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[[Category:Sports]]