The amount of people this is going to upset is absolutely superb
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Premier League players' names will be replaced on the back of their shirts with 'Black Lives Matter' for the first 12 matches of the restarted season.
The Premier League will also support any player who chooses to 'take a knee' before or during matches.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53030146
The amount of people this is going to upset is absolutely superb
Are Liverpool going to be wearing "Black Lives Matter unless our bitey goalscorer racially abuses them"?
Also I'd love to know who all the £500000 a week footballers in the Premiership are
It's like the poppy thing, the poppy thing was never a thing for football before but now in recent years for some reason unbeknown to me it has become a thing and they expect Serbians who were bombed by NATO and those that identify as Irish to wear them on their football shirts.
They're not telling you how to think. They're telling you how they think. Perhaps such 'tokenism' could have an influence on a small percentage of younger supporters who regard these players as heroes. If so, that's good. It may also help to keep the issue of racism in the minds of those who run the game in this country. If so, that's also good. But if not, then no harm done. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
You're correct that nothing will change the minds of daft old racists who don't like being preached to, but they're a lost cause anyway. I think almost everyone accepts that. As for entrenching views, can a dumb racist become an even dumber racist? I suppose that's possible, but it doesn't matter much in the grand scheme of things.
Final point: if this sort of 'tokenism' genuinely annoys the racists in our society, I'm all for it.
It’s getting very predictable what those who ‘question everything’ will actually question.