News Corp’s Australian chair claims ‘activist’ athletes hurt grassroots sport

Michael Miller tells conference that sport stars who reject sponsorships have a negative impact on the growth of the game'

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Rupert Murdoch's Australian chief executive has accused athletes of hurting sport when they become activists" and reject sponsorships from mining or energy companies.

The executive chair Australasia of News Corp Australia, Michael Miller, told a sporting leadership conference that athletes who reject sponsors don't lose any pay but the grassroots" sporting organisations suffer as a result of their activism.