{"id":261747,"date":"2022-11-21T17:07:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T17:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/21\/fifa-world-cup-2022-why-do-footballers-take-the-knee-football-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T17:07:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T17:07:03","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2022-why-do-footballers-take-the-knee-football-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/21\/fifa-world-cup-2022-why-do-footballers-take-the-knee-football-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2022: Why do footballers take the knee? | Football News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>England&#8217;s players took a knee before their opening match of the Qatar World Cup against Iran on Monday. Here is a look at the history of the anti-racism gesture in sport: <br \/><span class=\"strong\">HOW DID IT START?<\/span><br \/>Quarterback Colin Kaepernick, then a player of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/national-football-league\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_national-football-league\" frmappuse=\"1\">National Football League<\/a> (NFL) side San Francisco 49ers, declined to stand for the US national anthem before a pre-season match in 2016 and knelt in another game, setting off a debate about race relations, policing and the mixing of politics and sports. <br \/>Kaepernick was later joined in kneeling during pre-match renditions of &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner&#8221; by many NFL players to call attention to what they saw as a pattern of racism in the treatment of African-Americans by US police. <br \/>Kaepernick became a free agent after that season and has not been signed by another team since. His activism was seen by some as a reason why teams were wary of signing him. <br \/>The protests also drew the ire of then US President Donald Trump, who called for the NFL to ban players who kneel during the anthem. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">SPREAD OF MOVEMENT<\/span><br \/>The <!-- -->Black Lives Matter<!-- --> cause was taken up by Premier League clubs in 2020 after the death of <!-- -->George Floyd<!-- -->, a Black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis. <br \/>England&#8217;s top-flight clubs wore the Black Lives Matter logo on their shirts before it was replaced by &#8220;No Room for Racism&#8221;. <br \/>England&#8217;s men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s teams have knelt before games since 2020, initially in solidarity with protests over Floyd&#8217;s death and then in support of equality. <br \/>Athletes in other sports have lent support for the movement, most notably Japanese tennis player <!-- -->Naomi Osaka<!-- --> at the 2020 US Open where she wore a mask with the name of a different Black American victim of police brutality before her matches. <br \/>Osaka, who has a Japanese mother and Haitian father, went on to win the title and was lauded for her activism. <br \/>Mercedes&#8217; Lewis Hamilton, the lone Black driver in Formula One, has also been a supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement with anti-racism gestures before races. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">CRITICISM OF PROTESTS<\/span><br \/>Critics of the protest, including conservative politicians, say it politicises sport and that they dislike the gesture&#8217;s links to the organised element of Black Lives Matter, which some consider a far-left movement. <br \/>A YouGov poll published in June last year found that 54% of supporters in England backed players &#8220;taking the knee&#8221; with 39% opposed. <br \/>England manager <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/gareth-southgate\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_gareth-southgate\" frmappuse=\"1\">Gareth Southgate<\/a> has been supportive and participating in the gesture on the sidelines, saying that black players need to feel solidarity after a bombardment of abuse online and at some matches. <br \/>He said his players had &#8220;made our stand as a team&#8221; after they were booed by Hungary fans when taking the knee before their friendly in Budapest last year. England took a knee during the European Championship last year. <br \/>Premier League teams decided to limit taking the knee to only some significant games from the 2022-23 season. <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n                      };\n                      if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                      n.push = n;\n                      n.loaded = !0;\n                      n.version = '2.0';\n                      n.queue = [];\n                      t = b.createElement(e);\n                      t.async = !0;\n                      t.src = v;\n                      s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n                    })(f, b, e, v, n, t, s);\n                    fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n                    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                  };\n                })(\n                  window,\n                  document,\n                  'script',\n                  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js',\n                );<\/script><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n                    var scripts = [\n                    'https:\/\/static.clmbtech.com\/ad\/commons\/js\/2658\/toi\/colombia_v2.js' ,\n                    'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074',\n                    'https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/sdkloader\/ima3.js',\n                    'https:\/\/tvid.in\/sdk\/loader.js',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/video_comscore_api\/version-3.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/grxpushnotification_js\/minify-1,version-1.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v10.0&xfbml=true',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/locateservice_js\/minify-1,version-14.cms'\n                  ];\n                    scripts.forEach(function(url) {\n                      let script = document.createElement('script');\n                      script.type=\"text\/javascript\";\n                      if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk') !== -1 || url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') !== -1 || url.indexOf('locateservice_js') !== -1 )) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (url.indexOf('colombia_v2')== -1 && url.indexOf('sdkloader')== -1 && url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk')== -1 && url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') == -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      }\n                      script.async = true;\n                      document.body.appendChild(script);\n                    });\n                  }\n                }\n                <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup-2022\/fifa-world-cup-2022-why-do-footballers-take-the-knee\/articleshow\/95668768.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] England&#8217;s players took a knee before their opening match of the Qatar World Cup against Iran on Monday. 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