Quote Originally Posted by jackal2 View Post
So the French FA state that by refusing to take part in this collective initiative, Idrissa Gueye could be validating discriminatory behaviour... and not only against the LGBTQI+ community.

In response, the Senegalese President in effect states that by seeking to force Idrissa Gueye into this 'collective initiative' the French FA could be validating discriminatory behaviour against anyone with Gueye's religious beliefs.

Either they're both right or they're both wrong, but surely the lesson for football authorities is to respect each player's right to engage or not engage in such initiatives, or perhaps better still, just concentrate on playing football FFS!

As I've said before, whether it's 22 players on a football field or 30,000 fans in a football stadium, the only thing you can safely assume they all agree with is that they're there for a football match.
Can o' worms ain't it.

You do wonder what rituals and causes footballers will be pressured into endorsing in the coming years, now that we've given the game the green light to push moral and political ideologies. I can actually imagine the players all lying down before kick off. shoving a ball up their shirt and opening their legs wide and up in the air to show solidarity for birthing people's tight to abortion, with applause from the stands, then they all get up and hop like kangaroos around the centre circle to show their support for aboriginal people affected by climate stage, described in serious respectful hushed tomes by the commentator.