Take the knee

Nope, neither.

 

I think it was a well meant gesture at the time but has now lost much of it's impact. The thing that gets on my nerves is that the deserved outcry and fight against racism was taken onboard by practically everyone yet sectarianism is ignored, especially in Scotland. Our players, manager, and fans have been physically and verbally abused for years yet nothing is done about it. There's ample evidence of Scott Sinclair being racially abused at ipox as well as our players and manager being given sectarian/racist abuse in stadiums across the country. All completely wrong and belonging in the dark ages

 

The players have every right not to go down on one knee if they choose to, but others also have the right to criticise them for making that choice. From what I can see, those who didn't take the knee bowed their head and they were taking part in a minute's silence against racism. If anyone had disrupted the silence then there would be a reason to be annoyed, but that didn't happen. To call taking the knee 'virtue signalling nonsense' is extremely crass and shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the wider issue, especially given the frequency and prevalence of racism in our society. The big downside to this is they've shifted the focus of conversation away from the win on to this topic; although I see the head coach of the Scottish team says the players weren't instructed one way or the other and they left it to personal choice.

 

I wasn’t sure how to put my opinion but you did it for me. Summed up perfectly.

 

Why does an appalling racist crime that happen in another country have such an impact on other countries? Do you think if the murder had have happened in Nigeria, would all this be happening? No chance-it wouldn't even be reported.
Just like poppy fascism, the act of "taking the knee" loses all impact when you are forced to do it in order to have a quiet life. People who don't wear a poppy get a hard time, people who don't take the knee get called racist. For this reason, I agree that it is virtue signalling nonsense.

 

Because that same racism is rife throughout other countries all over the world.

I agree that it should be a personal choice. Personally I'd be taking it though. It's a simple show of solidarity.

 

If sportsmen and women want to take the knee because they believe what it it is supposed to stand for then they should but if you dont believe then you shouldnt feel pressured into doing it.

 

If people want to do it then they should be free to but the faux hysteria when some choose not to is embarrassing frankly.

Although it is funny to see the difference in coverage/opinion against those choosing not to and McClean choosing not to wear a poppy/stand for GSTQ

 

Just be a Good Human Being,that is what i have always wanted............................................

 

Would love to hear all the outraged comments from white commentators if a Black player refused to take the knee when all the White players do take the knee.

 

Kaepernick took the knee because in American football they stand for a national anthem that harps on about freedom which in reality is bullshit. His stance was a brave one and I think very important as it helped get discussion going. Taking the knee every match with every player takes away all the meaning. The first few times it was probably an important gesture but let's be honest it means * all. What are they kneeling down to? It is basically football's way of saying "look we are doing something" when the reality is they are doing nothing about it and they probably don't want to.

 

As useless as people clapping and changing their FB profiles to the french flag at terrorist attacks.

 

And that's what it all boils down to.

 

Someone should tell our defence to stop taking the knee at set pieces

 

Got mixed feelings on the matter, to be honest.

Do I believe it's making any impact on tackling racism in sport? No. I actually think it's got to the stage where it's having an adverse affect, in a way. Quite a lot of people, as can be seen in here, are now saying "this is getting ridiculous now, we don't need it before every single game". And I can totally understand that opinion.

It's been going on for months now. And what impact has it had? A * of a lot more than simply taking the knee needs done to try to root out racism.

However, it's not a good look when you see the majority of a team refusing to take the knee. It takes a few seconds. Just do it.

 

from what I’ve seen, there were about 4 things before the game, including for those that lost their lives to covid, to the frontline workers, to former rugby players that passed away and also to stand up against racism but there was apparently no directive that they would be taking a knee. That’s would explain why there was a lot of looking about and some did/some didn’t. So nothing to do with “middle class” or “private school”.

End of the day it’s individual choice regardless. If they chose not to, or show their support by bowing a head or whatever, that’s totally down to the individual. Same as those that kneel. Personally I would, but wouldn’t say someone that didn’t was being disrespectful or were against it. I feel like this has been been turned into a bigger deal than it is.