Why are people hating on it??? I’m very lost
That's not the issue. Their overall human rights are the issue. If you think nation who for example gives death penalties to people just for being gay should be one of the leading nations in esport (just because they have money), then I guess you would not have issues with them. But realistically any reasonable person would have issues with that.
I'll point you to a much more informed person than me
https://youtu.be/GIilD9qAzeA?si=skA7z3n3N9dujhut
https://youtu.be/fBZjFYU-OX8?si=di1dOcgRvanRxXvu
If you seriously want to know just watches these:
https://youtu.be/fBZjFYU-OX8?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/GIilD9qAzeA?feature=shared
The context for EWC
Used as sportswashing, basically forces the teams which attend the event to say how cool saudi was (check X of every org attending EWC and how they will give props to the hotel, catering, venues and stuff), also is hosted in the summer either during or almost after pride month, so orgs like Liquid, Sentinels and HEROIC, which are all quite clearly liberal in their views to become two-faced