There’s been a fair whack of controversy surrounding the Winter Olympics, with most of it centred around the fact it’s being held in a country that thinks homosexuality is a form Satan worship.
Frankly, we find it odd that Vladimir Putin should be so opposed to gay people when he’s always being pictured with his top off and wrestling other men. Does the lady doth protest too much? Sounds like he might be a friend of Dorothski to us.
But heads of state who are in the closet aside, the question remains: is it right to follow and support an event in a country with such a backwards policy on the rights of a large number of its population?
Thankfully, that difficult question was ruled irrelevant last month when we found out the Jamaican bobsled team had qualified. Huzzah! Who cares about gay rights when we’ve got Cool Runnings to look forward to?
Winston Watts and Marvin Dixon became Jamaica’s first bobsled team to qualify for the Games since 2002. There’s just one slight snag – they might not have the funding or sponsorship to actually get to Sochi. Where’s John Candy when you need him? Stuffing his face with hamburgers in heaven, no doubt.
“It all depends,” said Dixon. “Our families need to be taken care of first. If there’s no funding, who knows? But, I’m one of life’s optimists. I put my heart on the line for this. Any British companies out there interested in sponsorin’ us? Hopefully, the Jamaican Olympic Association will step in and support us now we’ve qualified.”
Even if they manage to get there, there’s another potential problem for all the bobsled teams on the horizon. If Putin is so keen to jail gay people, what do you think he’ll do when he sees two men in lycra hugging each other tightly from behind?
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