Soccer teams representing seven European nations at the World Cup announced Monday that their captains won’t wear LGBTQ armbands in Qatar after FIFA, which organizes the tournament, said players sporting the bands would be sanctioned.The captains of England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, had intended to wear the OneLove rainbow armbands to promote diversity and inclusion at the World Cup.
The Dutch were the first to announce publicly that captain Virgil van Dijk would not wear the armband. “Hours before the first game, it has been made clear to us from FIFA that the captain will receive a yellow card if he wears the ‘OneLove’ captain’s armband,” the KNVB, the country’s football association, said in a statement. “We deeply regret that it was not possible to reach a reasonable solution together.“We stand for the ‘OneLove’ message and will continue to spread it, but our No.
“As captains we may all be competing against each other on the pitch, but we stand together against all forms of discrimination,”
not watching FIFAWorldCup
I hate when sports teams virtue signal. When there are consequences on the line you favorite sports team will shy away from supporting blm, lgbt, ending racism etc.
JuddApatow Why is the World Cup In this backwards ass nation? So fucked.
The wind changes direction a little bit, and their cries turn to whispers. — Haruki Murakami
According to law 4 of the sport, “equipment must not have any political, religious or personal slogan, statements or images.”
FIFA knew what they were getting when they awarded Qatar the a Muslim country that follow a different set of rules than most other countries.We have to respect their way of life & not impose our ways onto them. Next time, play soccer in another country.
Let’s turn this sporting event into ‘our culture versus your culture’
Bad place to have an event.
FIFA is now officially anti-gay.
Glad to see that
What the f*ck happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? 'Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble.'
So much hate for people who just want to love.
And this is why the disingenuous FIFA overlords allowed this tournament in Qatar
Money talks. So lame
Damn, no Virtue Signaling? Oh well.... Game on...
When “speaking truth to power” requires actual courage.
Whatever happened to doing whatever you want - stop shoving BS down peoples throats- and play the game
Suppression of any type is unacceptable, player should always be allowed to express their particular views, and not be suppressed in support of other people
What a shame !!!!! Fxxx fifa
Sanctioned with a yellow card
If this is something you disagree with, don’t participate, don’t watch.
Europe still thinks the world should conform to their moral standards.
Amazing how quickly the virtue signal is dropped when it has a cost.
llllllo99
So we have to obey FIFA’s rules… and Qatar obeys human rights? Oh wait 🤡
FIFA is a joke.
That’s good athletes shouldn’t be promoting perversion on the pitch.
This looks very bad on FIFA. They’re just deplorable.FIFAWorldCup
FIFA is a joke
Cowards bending the knee to mentally ill cave people
FIFAcom Disgusting
Weird how they're ready to 'shut up and dribble'.
Wokeism and social justice is entirely performative - right up until there's money involved.
Funny how the freedom lovers agree with the decisions of dictatorships almost 100% of the time.
Man up!
I was excited about the World Cup but it’s seriously tainted now. The world needs to rethink its priorities.
Yeah wouldn't wanna upset the hosts who lost their first game because their team sucks as much as their regressive views
Glad this farce is being exposed. No one cares about LBGTQIAGTHS++++ bullshit and it’s all for show
FIFAWorldCup has become complicit in the human rights abuses committed by Qatar. 🖕 FIFA.
Like this
Rumor has it the alternative to sanctions was getting thrown off a roof
Don't impose your views on others.
JuddApatow For the “kEep pOliTiCs OUt oF sPoRts!” types:
when in Rome do as the Romans do.
JuddApatow I’m cool with it. Everything doesn’t have to be gay.
Bench Zach Wilson
So what did their NEUTRAL armband say? 🤔
cowards
Some would say the athletes aren’t standing up for what they believe in but I disagree, they believe in money, and are painstaking forced to reveal that all their virtue signalling to the contrary was nonsense meant to fool you into thinking they cared about people.
They all knew what they were doing when they awarded the games to Qatar. FIFA only cares about 💰💰💰 Not the players. Not people.
mehdirhasan They want to infiltrate the society wit satanic act which is not and will not acceptable to any human with common sense.
They all ought to leave. Don't support these frigging troglodytes.
JuddApatow Cannot hold the teams responsible for the tone deaf decision of FIFA. FIFA alone is the reason any of this has happened.
Money surely changed hands between Qatar and the FIFA officials to get the matches in Qatar. It's not like this hasn't happened before.
🤣 To everyone who thought it was about the “human rights”, and not about the money: you played yourself. 💰🌈
COWARDS!
JuddApatow
LMAO. Stunning and brave ended pretty quickly.
Qatar just shitting on common human decency and values bit by bit and FIFA just bending over and taking it all lol
FIFAcom seems to subscribe to hate FIFAWorldCuP
That is not an approved thing to do if one is a Christian person Roman s. 8:28
Bible says those which do these things are reprobate to God. Romans ..8:28
Way to stand for your values.
FIFAWorldCup Gutless cowards
No drag queens seducing children makes Wokies sad 😥
🤣
And if each player has a line on one arm with each color of one love tattooed with temporary ink?
Qatar should never have been chosen! FIFA has a lot of explaining to do!
Good. Political statements don’t belong in sports.
If you’re gonna climb in bed with shitstains, then this is what happens.
courtneyszto Sadly this is what happens when organizations reward oppressive countries. It can’t be surprising to anyone that Qatar opposes this. Money over freedom for FIFA.
mehdirhasan I'd get that shit tattooed on me then
Virtue signaling crumbling under the weight of convenient rationalization
It's football!!
So their morals and activism only go as far as it being situationally safe for them?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's weird anyway just play the damn game
Gutless
mehdirhasan Cowardice.
Selling out to please host country at expense of individuals’ personal liberties is an ugly move that will cost dearly
mehdirhasan FIFAcom NO RESPECT. Shame on you. You can't walk the talk....FIFA sold out to the highest bidder. This was predictable...it is in you.
Cowardice. FIFA is gross.
Sanctioned i.e. thrown off the top of a building 🤷♂️
Good move by FIFAcom, which I’d say regardless of issue. For ex, I’d be opposed to politicizing sports with an armband advocating for “restraint” or “veterans” or “free speech” or “Hong Kong” or “Tiananmen” or anything else. Sports is better when it’s a sanctuary from politics.
Hold that
Why are major organizations bowing to this kind of pressure?
mehdirhasan Pathetic
Cowards
Wow this World Cup is about as successful as Twitter is right now.
What a shame!
It's Football, not Soccer! We're not in Britain! Don't be lazy renaming shit just because you call Safe Rugby something it is not. Qatar2022
FIFA’s shit.
Cowards.
Those darn white Christian nationalist trumpers in Qatar!
Not one single country who qualified boycotted. It's not just FIFA, but the participating countries are to blame for not standing up. We've had boycotts of The Olympics to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, whether one agreed with that or nor, a stand was taken.
Their country… their rules. That’s what they said about Britney, right? Don’t be in an uproar about this, but tell Britney Griner to suck it up
FIFAcom is about as bad as Russia in my opinion. They will do anything for a dollar or euro. They are pathetic.
谢谢
Hahah!!!! FIFA? I thought it was only the Americans that were the homophonic ones!
*Football
Politics have no place on a soccer field
FIFA is a disgrace.
I don't even want to know where an +Whiplash,+ via Michael Owen has got to do with the sport. What I do know is, that the +Motorbreath,+ for 'Sealed with an kiss,' sung by Kylie Minogue with Jason Donovan was, 'Locomotive Tokyo Express,' or in other words just pillow talk.
Left out of the post was the captains on those 7 teams want to wear bands saying “tap the kegs”
Maybe we could keep politics out of men running around on a field playing a game. The end zone at giant stadium had “end racism” while fans of many different races rooted for players of different races
Horrible and cowardly.
Wow. Qatar is really a powerful country. No backing down on their values. 👏🏼👏🏼
This is news?
why should there be armbands like that in football? so disgusting
How is this news? Moving on.
Horrible but not surprising decision by FIFAcom. Qatar should have never been selected as the FIFAWorldCup host.
Showing yet again that FIFAWorldCup cares only about profit and not offending its repressive host country, and cares not at all about actual people. This corrupt tournament should never have been awarded to Qatar but I guess money talks. corruptfifa
Bruh let them play soccer and not every human being in this world agrees with the opinions of others and we have to respect that just like they respect our own opinions !!!! Play Soccer Please
Caving to hate!
Maybe they can use the AZOV NAZI LOGO armband instead. Lol
Good
1. the choice of this country is more than debatable for various reasons, sporting, human and political! 2. blackmailing participating countries will only reinforce point number 1!
Soccer is more important than virtue signaling, who knew?
Why would FIFA have the World Cup in such a backwards country? Like who in the right mind thought having it in a crazy religious country was a good idea?
Monopoly is like dictatorship, leading only to corruption and catastrophe. We need more associations than just fifa.
bigot cowards
Cowardly and shameful. FIFA and Qatar needs the players more than the other way around. Way to give up a chance to stand up for a just cause.
2022 playing in the Dark Ages.
This is so embarrassing for FIFAWorldCup FIFAisCorrupt FIFAWorldCup
What can be done about FIFA?
La FIFA hoy crítica decisiones de sus autoridades anteriores, pero, igual qué ellos, se somete al poder del dinero, hoy. El MUNDO, 🌎🌍🌏 en esto, poco cambia.
If the players were so against Anti-LGBT and human rights, they shouldn’t have flown to Qatar. It’s all fake outrage.
So they backed down so its really a hypocrisy and all about the game of money ! Bitches
Can’t they just play soccer and not use every single opportunity for politics? Clearly Qatar doesn’t agree with political messaging so respecting their rules would be the right thing to do.
And this is a surprise to anyone Soccer in Qatar. Come for the shifting sands, stay for the hatred.
Good. It’s only about the game.
👍🏻
Who asked for that to begin with?
CzeKuku2
Arriving in a country and disrespecting their laws, culture, customs and religion is holier than thou attitude. Ask Brittney Griner.
This should be pushed to local leagues too... Why advertise upside down brains..
Sports should only be about beating the crap out of your opponents. None of these other nonsense we are forced to see nowadays FIFAWorldCup FIFAWorldCup2022 Qatar2022 Qatar
That’s because FIFA is corrupt
New text on the armband: I love me and FIFA
They're not LGBT armbands they're everyone armbands. It's about everyone being able to play and love football race, gender, sex, religion, etc... cause they all share One Love: The Game.
Respect the country you're visiting, good advice even outside of a WC event.
If the FIFAWorldCup was being held at Nazi Germany, FIFAcom would have been against any type of protest against the Nazis and the Holocaust. They only care about money, even if it's drenched in blood. This Cup is a disgrace.
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