defqon_39

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Jordan Henderson's Saudi Arabia move felt like a "slap in the face" following his support of the LGBTQ+ community, says UK's only openly gay active male professional footballer Jake Daniels in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Well David Beckham was in Qatar's backpocket for sponsoring tourism-- even with their egregious human right record. Sporting figures are not acting out of altruism or causes, they are like any other professional whose talent lies in playing football and getting paid a pretty penny for doing so. I'm confident that most players are apolitical (and taking the knee was probably promoted by the EPL rather than a collective action by players).

Sergino Dest second yellow card against Trinidad & Tobago 39' in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What's with players covering their mouth when they talk? I'm sure the majority of people don't know how to read lips...