Pro League

• However, in July 2023, after 12 years at Liverpool, Henderson left for Al-Ettifaq, a club from the Pro League in Saudi Arabia, where same-sex relationships are criminalized.
• Henderson’s weekly wage at Al-Ettifaq is reportedly US$900,000 — triple what he earned at Liverpool, the world’s fourth richest club.
• Some of football’s biggest names now call the Saudi Pro League home.
• But Messi will still earn US$25 million over the next three years as a tourism ambassador for Saudi Arabia.

Money outpacing morality

• A super-rich newcomer is buying influence in a game whose profit-driven stakeholders, like FIFA, have faced repeated corruption scandals.
• But it’s the logical next step for a sport where money has outpaced morality.
• It’s pouring money into boxing, Formula 1 racing, golf and football.
• Money talks, and sportswashing often works.

A league that’s here to stay?

• There is a neo-colonial element to the dismissal of Saudi ambitions that reflects Europe’s long dominance of world football.
• Football is highly popular in Saudi Arabia and much of the Middle East, so why can’t a league there rival the English Premier League or Spain’s La Liga?
• Saudi Arabia wouldn’t be the first place where an authoritarian government has enriched domestic competition with overseas talent.
• The problem with the Saudi league isn’t the league alone, or the unpleasant regime that bankrolls it.
• There’s a history of upstart competitions briefly challenging football’s status quo, from Colombia’s El Dorado league in the late 1940s to the Chinese Super League.

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  Nintendo Switch Sports, the latest sequel to the Wii Sports series, launches today for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch OLED Model systems.
• (Graphic: Business Wire)
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