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Premier League CEO Richard Masters defended players' and clubs' collective decision to support the Black Lives Matter movement on Tuesday, describing it as a moral cause and not a political one.
When the league restarted this month after a three-month stoppage due to the coronavirus pandemic, all players had "Black Lives Matter" on their shirts instead of their names in the opening round of games and they have continued to take a knee before kick-off in support of BLM.
At a hearing of the British parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Conservative MP Steve Brine said the the league's support for the movement appeared to mark a shift from its previous opposition to political messages in the sport.
He highlighted previous cases of politics in English football such as when Arsenal distanced themselves from Mesut Ozil's support for the Uighur Muslim population in China and when the league fined Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola for wearing a yellow ribbon in support of Catalan independence campaigners.
"How did we get from Ozil and Pep to Black Lives Matter, and can the Premier League players and managers now be assured that anything goes if they have a cause that they feel strongly about and the Premier League will not take action against them?" he asked Masters.
The #PL stands alongside players, clubs, @FA, @EFL, @PFA, LMA, PGMOL and all those who have come together in recent weeks to reject racism and to show support for the message that black lives matter"Players are used to being the message board for other people's messages and on this occasion they wanted to make two very clear statements as players, supported by the Premier League and the clubs: Thanking the NHS..and also recognising the issues that are going around the world and the support of the sentiment of Black Lives Matter," he said.
Football unites against racism: https://t.co/QibO5CvzfE???????#NoRoomForRacism pic.twitter.com/OPSom0qpar
- Premier League (@premierleague) June 30, 2020
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