Prior to matches, Premier League players will refrain from kneeling, the league has announced.
The movement began after George Floyd’s murder in 2020 and has lasted more than two years. Clubs will still take a knee before “important” events during the season, but Premier League leaders will no longer routinely do so.
The Premier League has declared ahead of the upcoming season that players will no longer customarily kneel before games.
After the unjustifiable shooting of George Floyd in the USA and the ensuing Black Lives Matter movement, players started kneeling during Project Restart.
The top flight’s attitude was established during Aston Villa’s televised match against Sheffield United and has since been reproduced.
the UK Government after England players were jeered when taking the stand last summer before Euro 2020. across the domestic leagues and beyond.
