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Originally Posted by James
Yeah, I can see why people want to keep political gestures out of sport. Politics is very divisive, and people who are okay with it in sport, when it is a cause they agree with - like BLM - are often against if it was something they opposed like, say, supporting Trump.
I was just going to mention Pep Guardiola's ribbon. People in this country didn't care much about it, because not many people here have strong views, or much interest, about that issue. But if it was something that was a controversial issue in the UK (eg. Brexit) there would be a lot against it.
The FA chief executive [Martin Glenn] said:
From http://www.goal.com/en/news/should-w...p1aher9969pkez |
As it's been said above, if they want to keep politics out of sports then why are they singing the national anthem? Why do they have flags in the stadium? Everything in this world is political and the only reason why this story got such a backlash is because certain people can't handle politics when it doesn't affect them even if it's just a minor gesture like kneeling.
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