Hypocrisy? Maybe it’s Team New Zealand’s thing

We are longtime fans of Dana Johannsen with New Zealand’s STUFF media group, and she offers up some pointed commentary on the America’s Cup defender:

For an event renowned for off-water scandal and intrigue, the current America’s Cup cycle has been decidedly lacking drama.

Over the past two decades stories of feuding billionaire owners, lengthy court challenges, defections, spying allegations, cheating scandals and fraud probes have kept the niche sailing event firmly in the headlines.

This time around, we’re only months away from the commencement of the on-water sparring with the first of the America’s Cup pre-regattas, and barely a motion for arbitration has been filed in anger.

But while lacking in the maniacal feuding of previous editions, what this cycle has been useful for is teasing out the moral boundaries of Team NZ.

The past week has been particularly instructive…

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