We’re not the good guys: Osaka shows up problems of press conferences | Jonathan Liew
Young athletes are expected to answer the most intimate questions in a cynical and often predatory environment
Hasnain says:
I really like this take. So many hard hitting points here as it leads to this conclusion.
“Question: “You’re a pin-up now, especially in England. Is that good? Do you enjoy that?” (A 17-year-old Maria Sharapova, Wimbledon 2004.) And of course there are plenty of decent, curious journalists out there doing decent, curious things. In a way, this is what makes the chronic lack of self‑awareness so utterly self-defeating. Read the room. We are not the good guys here. We are no longer the power. And one of the world’s best athletes would literally rather quit a grand slam tournament than have to talk to the press. Rather than scrutinising what that says about her, it might be worth asking what that says about us.”
Posted on 2021-05-31T21:44:47+0000