England, Wales and five other European teams abandoned their plan of having captains wear “OneLove” armbands in Qatar after facing potential World Cup yellow cards.
are illegal. The seven European nations backed down to keep their captains from facing in-game sanctions.
“FIFA has been very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play,” the teams said in their statement. “As national federations, we can’t put our players in a position where they could face sporting sanctions including bookings, so we have asked the captains not to attempt to wear the armbands in FIFA World Cup games.
“We were prepared to pay fines that would normally apply to breaches of kit regulations and had a strong commitment to wearing the armband. However, we cannot put our players in the situation where they might be booked or even forced to leave the field of play.Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters. “We are very frustrated by the FIFA decision which we believe is unprecedented -- we wrote to FIFA in September informing them of our wish to wear the One Love armband to actively support inclusion in football, and had no response. Our players and coaches are disappointed -- they are strong supporters of inclusion and will show support in other ways.”state that “the captain of each team must wear the captain’s armband provided by FIFA.
The organization had different armbands planned out for each round of the World Cup. It was previously set to unveil a “No Discrimination” armband during the quarterfinals, but it has now allowed for teams to use that one throughout the tournament.
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