“I think the term has been dangerously and simplistically appropriated by the media, and also by fan groups and by others who want a quick and easy way to characterize what the likes of Saudi Arabia are now doin. I say dangerous because it seems, I think, particularly for those of us in the Global North who refer to sportswashing, it’s just a very easy way to kind of kick off our shoes, lean back in our chairs and say, ‘They’re just sportswashers. What we should be doing is we should be thinking more carefully about the nuanced and more diverse nature of the activities in which Saudi Arabia and others are now engaged.” Simon Chadwick, a professor at SKEMA Business School in Lille, France, How Sports Are Making Saudi Arabia Look Better Than Ever [Newsweek]