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Tennis Star Andy Roddick Won't Play in Dubai

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karmic_inquisitor2/21/2009 10:17:11 am PST

Good thing about this - it now places pressure on other players to do the same. And if Tennis bails on Dubai, other sports will follow.

Dubai is trying to build a “brand” that is a western friendly playground for the rich. If the elite athletes start bailing, the brand gets damaged.

Dubai can no longer prosper off of its oil.

Same thing came about when athletes and then entertainers started boycotting South Africa.

Dubai will get the choice of being rich or publicly hating Jews. They will go for rich.