{"id":24123,"date":"2022-08-04T13:52:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/premier-league-players-to-limit-taking-a-knee"},"modified":"2022-08-04T14:06:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T14:06:44","slug":"premier-league-players-to-limit-taking-a-knee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/premier-league-players-to-limit-taking-a-knee","title":{"rendered":"Premier League players to limit taking a knee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Premier League players will stop the pre-match anti-racism gesture of taking the knee before every match.<\/p>\n<p>Top-flight clubs started taking a knee to support the Black Lives Matter movement, which rose to prominence following the death of George Floyd in the United States in May 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Premier League captains took the decision after consulting with players. The gesture will instead be seen before certain rounds of games, including the Boxing Day fixtures and Cup finals.<\/p>\n<p>Players and staff will also take the knee before the first and last matches of the 2022-23 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Captains and players are said to believe that \u2018less is more\u2019 \u2014 hoping when the knee is taken it will have greater impact.<\/p>\n<p>The gesture was inspired by NFL player Colin Kaepernick, who decided on the silent protest against racial oppression by kneeling during the US national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>However, Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha stopped in February 2021, saying at the time that \u201cat the moment it doesn\u2019t matter whether we kneel or stand, some of us still continue to receive abuse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Several Championship clubs, including Derby, Brentford, Bournemouth and Queens Park Rangers, also stopped taking a knee around that time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe met with the captains last week, they\u2019re still totally committed to the issue\u201d Premier League chief executive Richard Masters told BBC Sport on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor two years now the taking the knee has become part of the pre match ritual. The players fear its losing power and momentum and we will see it take place in a different format.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s up to the players to decide themselves and we support them in whatever decision they make as do the clubs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. Premier League players will stop the pre-match anti-racism gesture of taking the knee before every match. Top-flight clubs started taking a knee to support the Black Lives Matter movement, which rose to prominence following the death of George Floyd in the United States in May 2020. 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