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General Category => Sports, Hobbies & Interests => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on February 23, 2018, 04:44:32 PM

Title: Pep Guardiola charged for wearing political ribbon
Post by: Nearly Sane on February 23, 2018, 04:44:32 PM

This could be very interesting. I


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43174407

Title: Re: Pep Guardiola charged for wearing political ribbon
Post by: jeremyp on February 24, 2018, 01:59:46 PM

Sounds to me like the UEFA version of the rule is more reasonable.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if most people watching the game were - like me - completely ignorant of the significance of the yellow ribbon until the FA charge was reported in the media.

Title: Re: Pep Guardiola charged for wearing political ribbon
Post by: Rhiannon on February 24, 2018, 03:18:54 PM

Quote from: jeremyp on February 24, 2018, 01:59:46 PM

Sounds to me like the UEFA version of the rule is more reasonable.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if most people watching the game were - like me - completely ignorant of the significance of the yellow ribbon until the FA charge was reported in the media.

Jose Mourinho’s been drawing attention to it for some time now.

Title: Re: Pep Guardiola charged for wearing political ribbon
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 05, 2018, 11:46:41 AM

Idiotic comparison but it does raise the question of whether religious symbols are somehow by definition not political.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43282450

Title: Re: Pep Guardiola charged for wearing political ribbon
Post by: Rhiannon on March 05, 2018, 01:16:29 PM

Quote from: Nearly Sane on March 05, 2018, 11:46:41 AM

Idiotic comparison but it does raise the question of whether religious symbols are somehow by definition not political.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43282450

Words fail. Not just idiotic...