SubscribeNo Pardon for Peer treatment
On yesterday’s Pardon the Interruption, Tony Kornhesier and Mike Wilbon discussed the UAE decision to bar Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer from competing in the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships.
Wilbon quoted American star Venus Williams as saying that the players didn’t protest because “they didn’t want to faily their sponsors.” Kornheiser wasn’t sympathetic.
“Venus Williams, as a minority player herself, should understand discrimination in all forms,” he said. “Players can side with sponsors or they can make a political statement.”
Both pundits recalled the stance Arthur Ashe took when he agreed to play in South African during apartheid. Ashe demanded that black and white spectators be allowed to sit together, which had never heretofore been allowed.
Wilbon concluded that tennis players do what’s best for themselves as individuals and don’t look at the big picture.
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