The controversy surrounding the captain’s armband at the 2022 World Cup seems far from over. After FIFA threatened sports sanctions against captains wearing the One Love bracelet (which symbolizes the fight against discrimination), the German Football Association (DFB) threatened to take FIFA to court.
The news will be brought forward by the newspaper this Wednesday Imagequoting a source from the DFB adding that, if confirmed, the action will be taken at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD).
However, the position of the German Football Association was strengthened ahead of Wednesday’s game against Japan, when the players posed for a photo with their hands over their mouths. A response to the fact that captain Manuel Neuer was also not authorized to wear the One Love bracelet.
In a publication on the official Twitter account of the DFB, the line-up of the football players is explained before the start of the match. “With our captaincy, we wanted to set an example for the values we live by in the selection: diversity and mutual respect,” reads the publication, where an important clarification has been left: “This is not a political message: about people’s rights cannot be negotiated.” “It shouldn’t even be necessary to say it. But unfortunately it’s not possible yet. That’s why this message is so important to us. Denying us the bracelet is like covering our mouth. Our position remains,” adds the German federation please. .
Recruiting with our kapitänsbinde and Zeichen setzen für Werte, who live in der Nationalmannschaft: Vielfalt en gegenseitiger Respekt. Gemeinsam with others Nationen laut sein. There is not a single political botschaft: Menschenrechte sind nicht tradable. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/v9ngfv0ShW
– DFB Team (@DFB_Team) November 23, 2022
It should be noted that the possibility of going to court was already left open by German officials last Monday, the day FIFA threatened to punish team captains who enter the field with this campaign’s armbands with sporting sanctions.
“FIFA has forbidden us to send a signal in favor of diversity and human rights. It has combined this with massive threats of sporting sanctions without specifying them. The DFB is investigating whether this action by FIFA was lawful”, said Steffen Simon, spokesman for the DFB. The decision was also welcomed by the former president of the German Federation, Theo Zwanziger, who was “happy” with the DFB’s decision to move this action.
FIFA rules prohibit teams from submitting their own armband designs to the World Cup and specify that they must use equipment provided by the governing body. The bracelets are the latest battlefield for players to spread political messages related to the World Cup in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal and violates human rights.
Source: DN
