Rules are also equal for athletes

 

While the world hopefully looked at the vaccination like a wway to diminish the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact, the laureate Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic decided not to immunize. Like him, there are many people who consider the vaccines as hazardous stuff for human health, although the medical evidence has proven effectiveness to prevent or reduce the symptoms of several health conditions two centuries ago.

 

The Djokovic’s denial for vaccination ccosted him not to play the Australia Open in January 2022. This is one of four Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)tournaments that allow to add scores to make the world ranking which the tennis player is one of the leaders. The Australian politic authorities ruled to prohibit the entrance of any person without full vaccination as a health measure for avoiding new outbreaks.

 

But Djokovic’s rejection was not the only thing playing against him. Before trying his entry to Australia, it was revealed he have been positive to the infection and that being infected, he gave an interview to a medium in France – he even posed for photos not using a mask, one of the preventive barriers against the virus. Ultimately, a court took the tennist out the nation of kangaroos and koalas, and he was legally prohibited to enter for other more three years.

 

France, the next ATP’s destination, also issued a prohibition for any non-vaccinated athlete to enter. As well, the U.S., other place where the tournament is played, issued it. Djokovic’s homeland Serbia has protested alledging a world conspiracy against its champion and it’s called him symbol of freedom because he held his denial for vaccination.

 

 

Although as a general rule, any athlete’s organisms have a better immunologic response due to the training and the whole lifestyle, this doesn’t mean they are physiologically invulnerable to any disease. In fact, it’s probable the own care reduces the aggressiveness of symptoms compared to a person who doesn’t work out or doesn’t have a healthy lifestyle, but that doesn’t mean they can elude those issues, rather if their own activity or lifestyle exposes them to risk situations.

 

Otherwise, whether the discipline any athlete does, there are rules ordering each procedure, each winning way, and even each penalty once any fault is proven. And every athlete knows he has to submit them for his participation to be in equal conditions regarding other contenders.

 

And when it’s avout coming out the own country to contest in other one, every athlete knows once the national territory is left, the country’s rules are over the sport rules – the reasonable is submitting to them. If you don’t agree, you can quit unless the country gives a special treatment to each case and allows the access. But while that prerrogative is not used, the land is flat for everybody.

 

And above the rules, every athlete, as his image grows up, turns into a reference for hundreds, thousands, or millions of followers. Then, what he does or he leaves to do, although he doesn’t want it, influences. So, part of his responsibility consists in measuring and caring the impact of his behavior. This doesn’t mean he lives obsessed by the sanctions but he lives convinced of it’s the right way to act.

 

It’s not a better athlete who gets more priviledges but who wins the recognizement of everybody based upon humility, perseverance, and positive attitude. Obviously, Djokovic is not the only case of this kind but the one that caused more controversy globalwide in the last times. Nevertheless, the lesson applies to the previous cases, the other actual ones, and what could emerge today to up.

 

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