In the Premier League 35% of players are black but there is nowhere near that level in managerial or leadership positions
The Premier League has restarted with every player wearing a Black Lives Matter badge on his sleeve, and with those words replacing the names on their backs. At the start of each game every player, referee and member of staff has taken a knee. It has been incredibly powerful and moving and left me speechless, understanding that the eyes of the world were watching an unprecedented statement of unity against racism during what has been an unprecedented time.
As a symbolic gesture of support for the fight for racial equality it is a huge statement by the Premier League, for me the best league in the world and the strongest global football brand. But the gesture cannot distract us from the genuine work and significant change that still has to be done by the league and its clubs.
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