Njengoko iiOlimpiki zaseParis zowama-2024 zisondela ngokukhawuleza, kuqhambuke ingxoxo eshushu malunga nemiqondiso yonqulo eFransi, ibeka ukungakhathali kwelizwe ngokuchasene nenkululeko yonqulo yabadlali. Ingxelo yamva nje kaNjingalwazi uRafael Valencia weDyunivesithi yaseSeville ilumkisa ngelithi ukonakaliswa kweFransi kwindlela yokuthetha ngonqulo kunokukhokelela kwinkqubo enemigangatho emibini kwiiOlimpiki, iimbaleki zaseFransi zijongene nemida engqongqo kunabo bamazwe ngamazwe.
Lo mcimbi ufike entloko kulo nyaka uphelileyo xa iNdlu yeeNgwevu zaseFransi ivotela ukuvala ukunxitywa kwayo nayiphi na “imiqondiso yenkolo ebonakalayo” ngabadlali abamele iFransi (nokuba bekungabonakali ngokukodwa kwiiOlimpiki), inyathelo elinokuthi lithintele abafazi bamaSilamsi ukuba banxibe ihijab okanye Amadoda angamaSikh anxibe iiqhiya. Nangona lo mthetho ungekagqitywa, urhulumente waseFransi uye wakwenza kwacaca ukuma kwakhe, kunye noMphathiswa wezeMidlalo u-Amélie Oudéa-Castéra evakalisa ukuba amalungu eqela laseFransi "awanakuvakalisa iimbono neenkolelo zabo zonqulo" ngexesha le-Olimpiki. Unjingalwazi uValencia uthi esi sigqibo siyangqubana nemigaqo esisiseko yentshukumo yeeOlimpiki. Njengoko ebhala, “injongo eqinileyo yamazwi ezopolitiko (esiFrentshi) ngophawu lwenkolo kubeka umbuzo ngeziseko zeOlympim yanamhlanje.” – iinqobo ezisemgangathweni ezifana nentlonipho, isidima somntu, kunye nokuzinikela kumalungelo oluntu. UValencia ulumkisa ngelithi ukuba imiqobo yaseFransi iyaphunyezwa, iya kudala imeko engazange ibonwe ngaphambili apho “besiya kuzifumana sikwimidlalo yeOlimpiki apho sinokuyixabisa inkululeko yonqulo enesantya ezibini, ebanzi ngakumbi kubadlali abangengawo amaFrentshi, sibangela isikhalo esithelekisekayo seziganeko ezingazange zenzeke kukhuphiswano lwezi mpawu.. "
UValencia ugxeka izenzo zeFransi, esithi ilizwe lizibandakanye “ilinge elitsha (kumgca wabanye abaninzi ababhalisiweyo eFransi kwiminyaka yakutshanje) ukuphelisa inkolo kwindawo kawonke-wonke, ukwaphula imida yobuzwe nokuhambahamba phezu kwemimandla yobuzwe..” Oku, ecaphula uMaria Jose Valero, "bekuya kukhokelela ekugqwethekeni kobundilele belizwe obucetywayo nto leyo eya kukhokelela ekutolikweni ngokungqongqo umgaqo wokuthand’ izwe yaye, ekugqibeleni, imida yamalungelo anjengenkululeko yonqulo.” Umbutho weOlimpiki wenze imitsi emikhulu kule minyaka yakutsha nje ekwamkeleni intetho yezenkolo, kunye ne-International Basketball Federation kunye neFIFA yomibini imithetho ephumlayo ukuvumela ukunxitywa kwentloko yenkolo.
Kodwa umnqweno weFransi wokunyanzeliswa kwenkqubo yenkolo engqongqo usongela ukuphakamisa le nkqubela phambili, enokuthi ingabandakanyi amaSilamsi, amaSikh, kunye nabanye abadlali bezenkolo ekumeleni ilizwe labo kwiMidlalo yaseParis.
Njengoko ihlabathi lilungiselela ukuhlangana kwikomkhulu laseFransi, i ingxoxo ngemiqondiso yonqulo ilula kakhulu. Ukuba iFransi ayitshintshi ikhondo, iiOlimpiki zika-2024 zinokukhunjulwa ngakumbi kumadabi angaphandle kwebala lokudlala kunoloyiso olungaphakathi kuyo.
