The Premier League has long become more than the best league in the world • Through the Rainbow Laces campaign, its leaders have led to the promotion of community rights, in full cooperation with the teams
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In recent years the English league has taken its place as the best league in the world.
The amount of money the teams get from television has made it a competitive, tough, intense league that is second to none.
Along with the ability and level that rises every year, the league's captains take care to make it a unique and prestigious brand, with tremendous work on social networks, spread out game hours, families get to the stands (come back this week), form an official fantasy league and especially with uncompromising social involvement.
The Premier League today is the closest thing to the NBA in terms of the product that fans receive and experience.
One of the activities she has undertaken is called Rainbow Laces, a campaign designed to express support for the LGBT community, to encourage fans from the community to feel comfortable coming to the games and of course to support players who are afraid to come out of the closet as long as they are active.
As is customary in recent years, in an activity that began last weekend in collaboration with Stonewall (the UK's largest LGBT support organization) and will also take place in the coming cycle, teams and players are working to flood the issue of gender equality. Groups decorate the stands, foundation flags, signs The exchanges and more in the flags of pride, the captains wear matching ribbons and there are players who even adjust the shoelaces. "A lot of work has been done to make football as welcoming as possible, to promote diversity on and off the pitch and within our club communities," Red Masters.
If it seems to the Premier League players that this comes as a discount they must abide by, it's amazing to see Tottenham players' zoom talk - Eric Dyer and Pierre-Emil Hoyberg, with the team's fans, lesbians and outspoken gays. "I'm proud to be a part of it and I'm proud to be part of a league that does such an activity, because I think we're trying to make a difference in the world," said the Danish midfielder. One of the fans who took part in the conversation was Chris Paurus, who won 2,000 fans Who entered the derby against
Arsenal, explained the importance: "If you look at how much the discourse has progressed in the last five or six years, you understand how important the activity is.
We want to be in a position where we can feel that we do not need to differentiate ourselves. "
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Another person who can attest that flooding the subject really helps and not just looks good on screens, is Sophie Cook, a Bournemouth photographer.
Three years after being interviewed for the Sky Sports series and recounting being the first trans woman to work in the Premier League, she became a candidate for parliament, a sought-after lecturer, and even won an honorary degree from the University of Bournemouth, in recognition of her "work on mental health."
She says she is still receiving messages of support and updates from people who despite the fear have gone with their truth.
"There are so many positive stories within football, but a significant portion of the media people are actually thirsty to cover the bad stuff. The fans, especially the young ones, look with admiration at players as role models and their amazing collaboration."
The fear still exists on the
other hand, there are those who think that the work on the subject is not enough.
Matt Morton, manager of an amateur league in the UK who came out of the closet in 2019 says the concern still exists.
"Serious and clear sanctions should be imposed on fans, clubs and players who act inappropriately."
Former Hull City academy player Thomas Beatty has also called for sentencing to stop homophobia: "You can still enter the stadium freely and shout whatever you want and there is no consequence to that."
Beatty even argued that the lack of LGBT players and their fear of coming out of the closet give an opening to haters.
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Whether Beatty is right or wrong can only be examined over time, but as Stonewall CEO Nancy Kelly summed up the issue: "We know more needs to be done to ensure no one is left behind, but if we have helped someone overcome his fear, already We made a profit. "