The captains of seven European nations have chosen not to wear OneLove anti-discrimination armbands in World Cup games after FIFA threatened the players with yellow cards.
“FIFA has been very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play,” reads a joint statement per Sky News issued by the football associations of England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.The statement went on to say they were prepared to pay fines that would normally apply to uniform violations but could not put players in a situation in which they might be “booked or even forced to leave the field of play.
The captains planned to wear the OneLove armbands during the 2022 World Cup in support of the LGBT community, whose rights are restricted in Qatar.
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