D.During the Middle Ages, whippers removed white robes adorned with red crosses, knelt on the ground, and flogged ferociously in public frenzy. After the Queen’s death, the FA halted grassroots football, the Premier League called for applause at 70 minutes to celebrate the length of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, and the British urged her cycling not to ride during the state funeral. I’ve seen it say strangely. U-turn. These are some of the biggest beasts in British sport. And they looked flit.
Flitt, because such a decision was not based on logic, public opinion, or government advice. the right thing”.
Still, no one told me to stop playing sports. In fact, when I spoke with high-ranking officials on the night of the Queen’s death, their expectations were that most of them, including the Premier League, would take over. , boxing and cycling were forced to stop.
why? It is perhaps the best description of what we have seen in the last 11 days that we have seen more than 25 years ago. A senior BBC News executive was given to The Guardian when asked about the plans for the Queen Mother’s death. The view is that people will be upset longer and have more consequences than people who overstate and get upset,” he replied.
But it has since become the blueprint for all major royal funerals.
In one breath, cover your buttocks. Then put her head down. The silent majority is damned.
But there was certainly a mute majority to the humble and unobtrusive reaction. While polls like this aren’t always indicative of the mood of the masses (sportswriters tend to have more followers who love sports), the general attitude across social media is that sports should continue. That’s what it was.
Instead, football was the first to close its doors, but the decision meant activity-hungry kids couldn’t play during the pandemic, relying on game-day earnings. The children soon found themselves out of work.
A father said he went to play with his son and daughter but all the goalposts were locked together and could not be used. He was accused of “disrespectful and despicable conduct” by the league’s president for ignoring a grassroots ban when he posted pictures of a friendly match. At the same time, games continued at local cricket, hockey and rugby clubs.
At least officially, football’s defense was that other sports suspended their events on Friday to allow for mourning when they didn’t have such an opportunity. Three sources at the Department of Sports meeting claim Prince William’s role as FA president was also brought up as a factor. It was a potential reaction from the right-wing media if it became.
But football should have had more backbone. There will always be idiots in society, so there will always be idiots following the game. 100 years later, some Celtic fans may be holding up banners critical of the royal family. Some Liverpool fans may be booing the national anthem. And the next day some publications bubble and splatter. So it is.
As writer Patrick Kidd has pointed out, soccer’s decision to appear more bizarre was almost the only sport not discontinued by the death of King George VI in 1952, when the national anthem and Abide With Because there was a match starting with Me. FA said it was a “simple and sincere tribute.”
Of course, there are always different interpretations of how a country should grieve. But in their eyes England and Wales Cricket Board, European Tour Golf and both Rugby Codes got it right by pulling in crowds in its opening weekend without delaying the match. .
It also stressed that the overwhelming majority of supporters want to continue playing, as the Rugby Football Union explained in a statement. Gathering helps us unite during this time of national mourning. ” They and others were proven right.
I hope those who aren’t brave are taking notes. The smart ones should have already drafted a version of the RFU statement when Charles III died and a sensible plan for how they would react. Keeping calm and continuing is probably not a bad place to start.