Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have been criticised by climate activists for their excessive travel to away games.
BBC Sport date revealed that the Hollywood owners took a total of 16 domestic flights during last year’s promotion-winning season – including one lasting just 29 minutes.
The shortest of the lot was from Manchester to Newcastle for a game against Gateshead – which would have been just two hours on a train.
This has led to severe backlash from climate activists, who are disappointed in the owner’s frivolous air travel tendencies.
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Climate activists not happy with Hollywood duo
It isn’t a great look for a League 2 club to be contributing this much to the carbon footprint. It’s now frowned upon for even Premier League clubs to be partaking in such things – so we understand why some are up in arms.
Katie Cross runs Pledgeball, which works with clubs to “engage fans and lower their footprints”. She said that Wrexham’s rapid trajectory risks being overshadowed by a ‘surging environmental impact’.
As quoted by the BBC – Cross said: “The club, with the full backing of their new owners, seem to be following the well-carved-out track of measuring success through global expansion and financial success.”
The statistic is only made worse after the Welsh club revealed their brand new sponsor for the 23/24 season… United airlines. Yeah – not a great look.
Wales Secretary of State defends Reynolds and McElhenney
But Welsh Secretary of State David TC Davies defended the owners.
“They’ve done a really, really good job over the last few years and there’s no way I’m going to blow Wrexham Football Club down,” he said. “They have taken a leadership role in promoting football and promoting Wrexham which they have done really well.
“They are perfectly within their rights, perfectly within the law. I’m sure they are aware of climate change, but at the end of the day, they have to play football. That’s what they do and I think they’re doing a great job.”
It’s an awkward one not just in football, but in many walks of life. We’re sure Rob and Ryan will change some of their travel accordingly following this backlash.