Pablo Torre argues that recent political attacks on trans athletes in sports are dishonest and serve as a distraction from real issues, such as sexual misconduct by coaches in women's sports.
“It's the total verifiable dishonesty of a guy who wants to cosplay as I'm here for free speech unless it threatens my business, which is exactly what the UFC has been doing.”
Pod Save America · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 181K views on this topicThe current model for hosting international sports tournaments like the World Cup is unacceptable due to corruption, excessive waste, and the practice of sportswashing.
“I feel as though uh the amount of corruption that goes into moving these games around the world is um just unacceptable it's untenable it leads to a side thing of resources unnecessarily so uh it leads to an incredible amount of waste”
StarTalk · Dec 2022 · 1 episode · 119K views on this topicSocialist political agendas are impractical and inefficient in a capitalistic society.
“I will be open and honest about the fact that I don't agree, you know, with with with anybody with a socialist agenda in this capitalistic society that we live in. That's I just don't buy it because I don't think it's practical.”
Stephen A. Smith · Jul 2025 · 1 episode · 96K views on this topicSeb Coe contends that the International Federation should have the final authority to decide the eligibility of competitors, rather than allowing Russian athletes to compete under a neutral status.
“so the the International Federation has Primacy in deciding the eligibility of competitors so we have said no so they will not they will they will not be in Paris”
The Rest Is Politics · Jan 2024 · 1 episode · 53K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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