Rafa Nadal is almost at the end of his career, as he himself assured after returning to work. However, there are some decisions that the tennis player is making in recent days that have raised blisters and criticism in this regard.
We are referring to his recent signing by Saudi Arabia as a tennis ambassador in that country, a circumstance for which well-known faces in our country, such as El Gran Wyoming, presenter of El Intermedio, have harshly attacked.
During the opening monologue of El Gran Wyoming last night on El Intermedio, the presenter began talking about how healthy sport is both physically and mentally, and even for “the image of the countries.” And this is when he brought up the case of Saudi Arabia, “a theocracy that does not respect human rights, treats women as second-class beings, oppresses homosexuals and political dissidents,” the comedian also claimed.
And he continued with: “The Saudis have decided to improve their image with a checkbook.” To then list all the sporting events that have been held: the Spanish Super Cup, the Italian Super Cup, the Dakar, Formula 1 and they have even created their own golf circuit.
Then, the time came to talk about the signing of Rafa Nadal as a tennis ambassador for Saudi Arabia, something that causes Wyoming some regret. “We are talking about what is probably the best Spanish athlete in history, an example, a reference,” he pointed out.
Here he asked the following question, which underlay a harsh criticism of the player: “Did he really need at the end of his career to participate in this whitewashing of the image of a country that is becoming like the Darth Vader of the international community?”
The only explanation that the presenter found is “a good bag of petrodollars” that Nadal will take, just as it also happens to other athletes. Although, according to the presenter, sport had to transmit “values ??beyond money”, but, “it seems not.” Hence his proposal: change the Olympic motto to “more money and more figures.”
