Hendersons whole legacy was tarnished by this, that’s crazy
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Henderson could have stayed at Liverpool, less game time but become a mentor, done more charity work etc and cement himself as a Liverpool legend.
Instead he threw it all away to play in front of 800 people, lose all good will, and I guess make bank. Hope that’s worth your legacy being tarnished.
Every ideology has its price
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He started his international career by being booed by the fans and he will finish it the same way
Pretend like you people give a dog crap about lgbt.
It seems like he's not going to jeopardise generational wealth over virtue signalling
He's been a PL footballer for over a decade, he has generational wealth
There was no jeopardy involved, he already had generational wealth and still would have earned millions in England.
He was a Liverpool footballer for 10-12 years, he's already got generational wealth, the money he's on now just guarantees his grandkids are gonna be assholes
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How can Jake not understand that Jordan has obviously done this in order to promote LGBT rights. What a hero!
Not only is Jake Daniels gay but he's also poor. Offer 350k net per week and you would have more allies Jake, duh.
/s, obviously
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Europe is electing far fascists who hate gay people as well, in the Netherlands a guy won by landslide who openly advocated for genocide against Moroccans/Turks, hates Trans people etc.. . So should we shame every single player who plays in the Dutch league then ?
Just goes to show pro athletes should not get involved with causes like this.
Loads of players have gone to Saudi and Henderson takes as much flack as the rest of them put together.
If he keeps his mouth shut and doesn’t get involved with LBGT causes he would have been just another player getting a massive end of career payday.
Horrible take. Surely the conclusion should be that when athletes get involved in social causes, they shouldn't completely betray them. It's not that hard an ask.
FR. It's good that they want to stand for things and use their platform for good if that feels right for them.
Obviously then people want you to stick to it if not it looks like all they were doing is virtue signalling / PR image curation.
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His interview just made matters worse. He’s a dumb, deluded egocentric.
It just goes to show that most ‘holier than thou’ people are just virtue signalling twats.
Why most? This is just one guy, no need to judge everyone for it. I’m sure there are players who turned down more money because they were morally against Sauid, but we’ll never hear about those people
I think it is a good thing to show solidarity, be passionate about a cause or causes and speak up about it.
I don't think the language you're using is helpful here, seems like a very cynical worldview. Just because Jordan Henderson sold out his beliefs for a bit of cash doesn't mean that everyone who cares about social causes is a "virtue signalling twt" and it's unhelpful to tarnish people with that brush.
Just my two cents on the matter seeing as you gave yours
Virtue signalling is a term that's seldom used correctly or in good faith. Most of the time people do actually care about the virtues they spout.
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The thing thats not right is the value of his wage comes from being in that country and not playing football. He could still earn more than enough money and not have to move to a religious sandy shithole.
The only thing i question is his basic decision making skills.
This.
It's extremely easy to defend someone or something when you've got nothing to lose. Henderson had a lot to gain actually.
He basically went from being rich to being slightly more rich. I don't think he increases his quality of life much.
The best part is how he tries to justify it, like him being in Saudi will make any sort of difference. Not only is he a man who's word have no value whatsoever... He's probably also has an exaggerated sense of self worth( I think a lot of celebrities would have ).
It's extremely easy to defend someone or something when you've got nothing to lose.
When making a ham and eggs breakfast, the chicken is involved but the pig is fully commited
regarding LGBT, henderson was involved
I think it will make small, negative difference. Saudi opinion is we are a bunch hypocritical whores who will abandon any principle if they throw enough money at us. Henderson is now prime example.
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Rich guy insincerely takes up moral/political stance which is PR friendly, commercially safe, and unradical.
Tale as old as time.
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