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'''Sportswashing''' is a pejorative term used mostly by [[liberal]]s to criticize a government that spends lavishly on sports stars supposedly to gain undeserved credibility in public opinion.  The term is used most often against [[Saudi Arabia]] as it paid enormous sums for talent in [[golf]] ([[LIV]] tour) and then in [[soccer]] ([[Cristiano Ronaldo]]).<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2023/jan/02/liv-golf-risks-becoming-an-irrelevance-in-growing-saudi-sportswashing-portfolio</ref>

'''Sportswashing''' is a pejorative term used mostly by [[liberal]]s to criticize a government that spends lavishly on sports stars supposedly to gain undeserved credibility in public opinion.  The term is used most often against [[Saudi Arabia]] as it paid enormous sums for talent in [[golf]] ([[LIV]] tour) and then in [[soccer]] ([[Cristiano Ronaldo]]).<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2023/jan/02/liv-golf-risks-becoming-an-irrelevance-in-growing-saudi-sportswashing-portfolio</ref>

A [[double standard]] is in the [[Leftist]]s' use of this term, because they simultaneously demand for their own political reasons an unfair [[boycott]] by the [[PGA Tour]] of [[Trump]]-owned golf courses.

A clear [[double standard]] is in the [[Leftist]]s' use of this term, because they simultaneously demand for their own political reasons an unfair [[boycott]] by the [[PGA Tour]] of [[Trump]]-owned golf courses.

In addition, the Saudi Arabian case is part of a routine by hypocritical left to shine a light more on the oppressive Saudi regime than on the oppressive [[Iran]]ian or its backer [[Qatar]].<ref>https://www.memri.org/reports/despite-its-participation-arab-and-muslim-summits-mecca-%E2%80%93-qatar-remains-pro-iranian-camp</ref><ref>https://www.iranintl.com/en/202211254809</ref><ref>https://jpost.com/middle-east/article-723633/amp</ref><ref>https://www.iranintl.com/en/202211279876</ref><ref>[https://www.memri.org/worldcup2022]

In addition, the Saudi Arabian case is part of a routine by hypocritical left to shine a light more on the oppressive Saudi regime than on the oppressive [[Iran]]ian or its backer [[Qatar]].<ref>https://www.memri.org/reports/despite-its-participation-arab-and-muslim-summits-mecca-%E2%80%93-qatar-remains-pro-iranian-camp</ref><ref>https://www.iranintl.com/en/202211254809</ref><ref>https://jpost.com/middle-east/article-723633/amp</ref><ref>https://www.iranintl.com/en/202211279876</ref><ref>[https://www.memri.org/worldcup2022],[https://www.memri.org/search-results?country_id_report%5B0%5D=0&country_id_clip%5B0%5D=0&country_id_jttm%5B0%5D=0&tv_station_id%5B0%5D=0&subject_id%5B0%5D=0&jttm_subject_id%5B0%5D=0&cjlab_category_id%5B0%5D=0&category_id%5B0%5D=0&cdate=0&custom_data_range_start=01/03/2023&custom_data_range_end=01/03/2023&order_type=0&order_style=0&keywords=Qatar%20Iran&type=0&ia_number=&sd_number=&sa_number=&content_number=&author_id&content_type%5B0%5D=0&current_site=]</ref>

,[https://www.memri.org/search-results?country_id_report%5B0%5D=0&country_id_clip%5B0%5D=0&country_id_jttm%5B0%5D=0&tv_station_id%5B0%5D=0&subject_id%5B0%5D=0&jttm_subject_id%5B0%5D=0&cjlab_category_id%5B0%5D=0&category_id%5B0%5D=0&cdate=0&custom_data_range_start=01/03/2023&custom_data_range_end=01/03/2023&order_type=0&order_style=0&keywords=Qatar%20Iran&type=0&ia_number=&sd_number=&sa_number=&content_number=&author_id&content_type%5B0%5D=0&current_site=]</ref>

==See also==

==See also==

[[Liberal hypocrisy]].

[[Liberal hypocrisy]].