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If footballers particularly UK ones want to make the biggest impact sport has ever seen forget taking the knee just refuse to participate in the Qatar World Cup.
There are reports that 12 migrants die every week working on stadium builds and are basically treated like slaves .
Qatar has no respect for woman or gay rights ,severe institutional racism and no democracy.
I'd be happy for Wales to go but highlight all the crap that happens there
Something like a rainbow kit would be brilliant
That would be great :wales:Quote:
Originally Posted by WJ99mobile
I agree 100%. Complete the qualifiers then make a stand.Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
My guess is that one or two players will boycott it anyway but I wonder if any football pundits will say no.
The TV companies seem to have gone out of their way in recent years on political correctness.
There are quite a few that are pretty vocal on our screens every week.
There'll probably be a few token gestures offered to allow all to save face.
That would achieve precisely **** all.Quote:
Originally Posted by WJ99mobile
How would it be a stand against racism?
UN's viewsQuote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...says-un-report
Slavery was my initial thought before opening that link, fair enough though :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
Can they do both or are they only allowed one of your two selected protests?Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
Owned ?Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
Owned.
Depends on how they view slavery and death in the name of football I guess ?Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
Modern footballers are very vocal these days on the rights and wrongs of life, so what better action and refuse to play ( that would be the protest to end protest)
I agree with this.
If the messages are meaningful, it seems hypocritical to go to Qatar and say nothing.
And I'm not saying they should say or do anything, I just think it's a tad hypocritical, but maybe that is better than insulting hosts..i dunno.
Don't go
I was just checking if they do that and also take the knee?Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
FIFA and the the rest like to make it look like they care about these things until the money they receive conveniently lets them turn a blind eye to this kind of thing.
Let's be honest here, the awarding of a World Cup to Qatar will be a result of nothing more than corruption and many people benefitting from money under the table.
Football loses sight of it's morals once the money rises to a certain level and this is proof of that.
It isn't just football that sells it's soul and ignored the things that go on in these countries either. Boxing and the recent Joshua-Ruiz fight in Saudi Arabia springs to mind. Joshua-Fury was due to be there too.
The authorities of both sports would sell their soul to the devil at the right price.
Only footballers selected in a world cup squad may air their feelingsQuote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
DisagreeQuote:
Originally Posted by LeningradCowboy
Marginal gains.
I am with you but it would not be only a stand against racism but a stand against appalling human rights, a stand against the greed, a stand against corrupt and aggressive regimes, a stand against homophobia and a stand against human trafficking and the inhumane way migrants are treated.Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
If we fail to qualify I'm all for it.
What do you do to improve the lives of others ? Lurk on message-boards shitting on minority languages or trying to stir up ill will towards efforts that are trying to do away with racism ? You should feel proud of yourself .Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
You've got lifeonmars all wrong. He doesn't just post about ending the knee protest every two weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Divine Wright
He also says that underage girls groomed for sex, like the accuser of Prince Andrew, knew what they were getting into, and that only white people can be natural born UK citizens.
He's a nice guy.
He's the ultimate whatabouter, I think he's got a specially made whatabout key on his keyboard that he can press whenever he sees someone trying to do something BLM related. All he has to do then is copy paste Qatar, China or wherever into his message.Quote:
Originally Posted by Divine Wright
Never lifts a finger himself to help those causes of course, just taps taps taps away in his dark bedroom
There's a factory of them on here...Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox