FIFA to no longer allow players to celebrate with religious shirts

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Kasz216 said:

But you aren't.

You are against free expression... you are against these players from being aloud to express themselves.

If you truley were for freedom of expression you would be upset.

You're just "freedom of expression for what i like."

It's exactly the same as banning a flag of national anthem.

It's not the same at all.  FIFA has certain rules and regulations that must be followed for teams to compete.  Players must wear matching uniforms with numbers on the back, for example.  They're certainly within their rights to outlaw this sort of thing.  This isn't about freedom of expression, other than being able to express yourself with a T-shirt while at work.  I don't know about y'all, but I can't do that, and I'm sure plenty of others can't do it either.  We have to be dressed a certain way to conduct business.  This is the same, as long as FIFA doesn't try to forbid wearing such a T-shirt when off the field.

Keep in mind that although I think FIFA can make such rules as a condition for entering their competition (if they couldn't, you'd be infringing on their freedom to structure their competition the way they see fit), I do disagree with making this rule as I think it takes away from the game rather than adds to it.