FA missed a crucial meeting with FIFA prior to 2022 FIFA World Cup to discuss the outlawed OneLove armband
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The wearing of the now-banned One Love armband was discussed at a crucial pre-World Cup summit with FIFA. Still, the Football Association and several other European federations chose not to attend. A meeting between a team from the UEFA Working Group on Human and Labour Rights and FIFA officials at their Zurich offices on October 12 has drawn criticism in Qatar due to the absence of representatives from the FA and three other countries.
According to reports, England believed that if Harry Kane had worn the anti-discrimination armband, their opening match against Iran might have been called off. The Three Lions’ officials decided to abandon the gesture because they worried there was no cap on possible penalties.
It is believed that the UEFA Working Group chose to have three countries attend the short-notice meeting, which examined a variety of topics, including the armband, and then reported back to the FA with their conclusions. Bullingham, the FA’s chief executive, was scheduled to speak at an 800-person all-staff event at St. George’s Park that had been postponed for two years owing to the Covid epidemic and at which he could not attend the meeting.
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Threats of penalties force teams to cancel their plan to wear “One Love” armbands at the FIFA World Cup
Several World Cup countries backed down and abandoned an anti-discrimination program Monday after FIFA threatened to penalize players during games. In the forthcoming matches, the captains of seven European countries will not wear armbands supporting the “One Love” campaign after FIFA announced that the players would receive yellow cards, which would take them off the field for a while. Players who accept repeated yellow cards for the same infraction will be kicked out of the game.
The decision was made three days after the Qatari government abruptly prohibited alcohol sales at World Cup stadiums and two days after FIFA President Gianni Infantino gave an unusual tirade supporting the host country’s human rights record. Hours before Harry Kane of England, Virgil van Dijk of the Netherlands, and Gareth Bale of Wales were scheduled to wear the armbands in Monday’s games, FIFA threatened action. In the following few days, the captains of Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, and Denmark also promised to wear the armbands.
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