Let All Play stated on its website, “The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) rainbow does not belong on the kit or the field in soccer.” It noted that the United States and Ireland have required their players to wear an LGBT rainbow on their game jerseys, and England required the wearing of LGBT rainbow shoe laces.
“It's not subtle, but it's loud and gets the message across.” “FIFA,” said the report from Let All Play, “needs to enforce its own rules” and “guarantee all are welcome” in the world’s most popular sport. According to the group, “The Laws of the Game from the International Football Association Board (IFAB) state, “Equipment must not have any political, religious or personal slogans, statements or images” (Law 04.5).1 FIFA’s Equipment Regulations add that this includes a ban on any ‘political or comparable symbol.” (Article 8.3).2 In an appeal to FIFA - the organization that governs professional soccer around the world - and IFAB - which governs soccer rules - Let All Play argues that the LGBT “rainbow” is a political symbol that is proscribed by FIFA rules.
LONDON, Febru( LifeSiteNews) - Requiring professional soccer players to wear LGBTQ rainbow symbols violates FIFA and IFAB rules, which prohibit political, personal or religious symbols on game jerseys, according to the Let All Play organization in its report “Let All Play: Yes to soccer, no to politics.”
