Cardiff Wanderers footballer, Georgia Brown, says it’s ‘disappointing’ that players will not wear the One Love armband at the Qatar World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The England and Wales captains, Harry Kane and Gareth Bale, were due to wear rainbow armbands in solidarity with LGBTQ+ rights, but reversed their decision after FIFA threatened players with yellow cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Georgia Brown plays for Cardiff Wanderers and says players ‘should be setting the standards and they should be standing up for what’s right’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘When you look at the sanctions that the players would face, it’s a yellow card. That doesn’t stop players fouling, it doesn’t stop them being abusive to the referees, it doesn’t stop any bad play but just because it’s a political statement they won’t do it. I understand you can’t put the players at risk, but they’re risking themselves either way by going.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A statement from seven European football associations, including England and Wales said they were prepared to pay fines but could not put players in a position to face sporting sanctions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The FAW said in a tweet that they were ‘frustrated’ and disappointed’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n