However, the wearing of political symbols on team kits is banned and FIFA indicated that any player that did so would be automatically given a yellow card.but “we cannot put our players in the situation where they might be booked, or even forced to leave the field of play."
“Remember, this was the one measly effort that was being made to protest the holding of this tournament in Qatar,” he said.“Literally the only thing that lots of these professional players with massive global platforms were going to do. “I mean talk about principles, this smacks of, ‘These are my principles and if you don’t like them, er, that’s absolutely fine; I can get rid of them and wheel out some new principles for you, just in time for today’s match.’”
Iran has recently been convulsed by protestors demanding rights for women and thousands have been arrested for defying the regime.“Compare the cowardice of Harry Kane and his chums to the Iranian team who they played against,” he said.
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Well it’s kind of illegal in that country,so basically, they would be banned from playing if they commit an illegal act there, tis not rocket science.
Maybe address the elephant in the room of why there are no out gay premiership players.
The same kierancuddihy who mc’d an event for an arms dealing company. Ridiculous
Some of those go there with some hope of doing very well in the somehow forgotten football part of this middle Eastern fiasco...and the possibility of losing the team captain to a second yellow =red card in the first game wouldn't help...
Says the Lockheed Martin Compere.........................
What next wearing poppies?
FIFA should never have considered any country that actively pursues huma rights abuses. Yet, I guess the money was too good. But they have been chosen and as long as its going ahead players that are yellow carded for armbands, the whole team should walk off......if they serious
Media when the penny drops it's all been one giant virtue signaling pile of bullshit.
😝 😝 😝 😝 The virtue signalling just became not worth it 🙈
Anyone with strong feelings about this, should be boycotting the World Cup, end of story!
kierancuddihy , where was your moral fibre, when you were employed by Denis O’Brien, and you said nothing about his behaviour?
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