If you don’t know, the flower is to commemorate the fallen soldiers In WW1 and posterior wars that the uk took part in: “In the U.K., the Royal British Legion distributes around 45 million poppies each year, with members of the public making donations in exchange for the flowers that can be pinned on clothes or on wreaths laid at the graves of the war dead. These days, poppies commemorate not only those who died in WWI, but also in WWII and later conflicts.” according to Time Magazine. As an Argentinian, with all the history with the Malvinas war I don’t like that players like Julian Álvarez have to wear it. I can’t even imagine to people from countries that suffered for more time because of the British empire. I’ve heard that some Irish players refused to wear it but in my opinion non British players shouldn’t be encouraged to wear it. I find it ridiculous that players from countries that suffered because of the UK and where repressed by their army weat the symbol. what do you think?
I’m from London and have relatives who died defending Europe, they died in a foreign country. Remembering the sacrifice these people made is part of our heritage and wearing a poppy and observing a moment of silence is how we remember that sacrifice.
In the U.S they overtly celebrate their military through sports, I think it’s over the top but it’s not my place to judge or criticize.
Sadly today everyone feels the need to be outraged about everything
I don’t mean to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but in American sports the military actually pays money to the leagues to sponsor things like the military style uniforms and the military messages on the field to honor troops. They advertise volunteering for the military during sports because the US military is all volunteers and they have a large male audience and they’re trying to create some correlation between the “brotherhood” of playing team sports to being in the military.