The whole idea of politics out of football was to prevent this. To allow the public to forget the troubles outside, bond with one another regardless of anything else as long as they supported "your team". But it seems that now, since football has a woldwide platform they must pay respects to any and all conflicts, tragiedies, social issues and political issues, under a vague threat where the punishment is fluid and depends on how vocal the outcry is. The showponies are trotted out to the middle of a field and do whatever they're told to, to take whatever action deemed appropriate and approved. Then, and only then can they do what they're employed to do and what we're all there to watch.
And so the dance goes on. People will cry "it's only a minute, how uncaring of you" and others will cry "fuck off I don't care about such and such"
But everyone misses the point. Why are there no escapes from life any more? As a society why have we decided that we must constantly be aware of every microcosm of suffering going on everywhere?
Everyone knows the world is fucking shit, everyone knows horrible things go one every minute, everyone knows people less fortunate that ourselves have it worse but the fact of the matter is a minute before a football game of clapping, a minute of silence, diping to take the knee does nothing. The people that don't care get annoyed, the people that do care get annoyed. Who wins? No-one. It just serves to drive more anger in society and furthers the gap between You and Them.
Mourning, respect and protests are all important, but there must be a better way?
