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    Tennis player John McEnroe reflects on turning down $1 million to play Bjorn Borg in apartheid South Africa: "It felt wrong. This was an unbelievable amount of money at the time but there's a reason they're offering it. Because they wanted to use that propaganda and I wasn't going to be a pawn."
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    Tennis player John McEnroe reflects on turning down $1 million to play Bjorn Borg in apartheid South Africa: “It felt wrong. This was an unbelievable amount of money at the time but there’s a reason they’re offering it. Because they wanted to use that propaganda and I wasn’t going to be a pawn.”


    Tennis player John McEnroe reflects on turning down $1 million to play Bjorn Borg in apartheid South Africa: “It felt wrong. This was an unbelievable amount of money at the time but there’s a reason they’re offering it. Because they wanted to use that propaganda and I wasn’t going to be a pawn.”



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    2. Saltire_Blue on

      The cultural and sporting boycott of apartheid South Africa reslly did make a difference

      They hated being shunned

    3. Capable_Salt_SD on

      McEnroe was well-known for being a temperamental jerk and a brat (bad boy of tennis) but he has principles, and I admire him for it

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