Novak Djokovic Is Refused Entry Into Australia Over Vaccine Exemption

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26. His behavior during the pandemic has been appalling

He makes Aaron Rodgers seem like a sweet guy in comparison.

He held an early pandemic tour that resulted in a slew of COVID cases and subsequently apologized--and it made me think significantly less of the players involve in it, especially Dominic Thiem, but also Tsitsipas, who's turned out to be a wretched person in any number of other ways. And if that weren't enough, Djokovic decided that the middle of a pandemic would be a great time to start a men-only tennis association, a move both Federer and Rafa rightly criticized.

Fortunately a good number of tennis players criticized Djokovic for his obstinance and his laissez faire attitude about others getting infected, but the top people at the ATP have been far too reticent about his behavior and the AO's decision to grant him a phony exemption is an exemplary instance of why some have become so cynical about the way COVID rules apply to some but not others.