StockholmOx
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Interesting Tifo video on the BDS-supported #boycottpuma movement, which has been gaining a lot of traction in recent times:
Regardless of which side of the Israel/Palestine debate one finds oneself on, I think this raises an important general question to us as fans about to what extent we want our club associating with brands or investments linked to human rights abuses and/or oppressive regimes. When Newcastle came to town I was astounded that their fans seemed broadly in favour of a Saudi-based takeover of their club, considering the extent to which clubs like Paris, Man City, Barca and Atletico have been held to ransom by oppressive regimes using football to sports-wash blatant abuses of human rights through combinations of investment and sponsorship. Don't know about anyone else, but it would make me sick to the stomach if a similar thing were to happen at our club.
Now of course all investors are using their chosen football clubs to market themselves - that's literally the point of them investing in the first place - but seeing as the FA, PL and EFL have zero interest in drawing the line between "good" and "bad" money, is it not up to us as fans to show what we want our club to be associated with? Where do we draw the line? And are we comfortable being associated with Puma?
Regardless of which side of the Israel/Palestine debate one finds oneself on, I think this raises an important general question to us as fans about to what extent we want our club associating with brands or investments linked to human rights abuses and/or oppressive regimes. When Newcastle came to town I was astounded that their fans seemed broadly in favour of a Saudi-based takeover of their club, considering the extent to which clubs like Paris, Man City, Barca and Atletico have been held to ransom by oppressive regimes using football to sports-wash blatant abuses of human rights through combinations of investment and sponsorship. Don't know about anyone else, but it would make me sick to the stomach if a similar thing were to happen at our club.
Now of course all investors are using their chosen football clubs to market themselves - that's literally the point of them investing in the first place - but seeing as the FA, PL and EFL have zero interest in drawing the line between "good" and "bad" money, is it not up to us as fans to show what we want our club to be associated with? Where do we draw the line? And are we comfortable being associated with Puma?