The Freedom of Football

 I tihnk you all noticed it, in Europe, the Europe Championship for countries is going on.  

Typical for that, is, that a lot of  people all the sudden show up to be proud at their national team and cheer them, or, at least, from their favorite country.

The difficuliy in Europe is the variety of countries.  Europe is a mix from counties, lots with democracy, and a few with dictatorial regimes, such as Russia. A lot of countries turn more radical, such as Turkey, and that makes things complicated.

The European Football Federation UEFA, pretends to be neutral. The credo is,sport and politics are not to be mixed up with each other. Thus, most politics are skipped away, there is no place in the organisation for politcal items.

Now, especially soccer, is a sport for people, to go to watch, the stadium is a very important place, where fans gather.
Now I write this, I realize that I talk from the past. Sport, Soccer (then still named football), was for the people. Everyone could go and tell their opinion about how bad or good the players were, a snack in the break, in short... good old times, when you were not were forced to buy over-expensive drinks, reservate your expensive tickets....   
I know the time, that I could go to watch m team for 5 guilders, now I should not even be able to buy a beer for the same money.

Nevertheless, it is difficult to keep the sport pure, from commercial influence and from politics.  Commercial influence is already accpeted, and political influence is there as well.

The german city Munich, wanted to put a sign for equal rights (LGTB, or how it is called), Queer and homo human beings are equal, the multi colours should enlight the stadium.
NO, UEFA said, that is too much political influence.
To put on a band at the arm, with the colours, is perfect, but nothing more then that.   The sign should not be a sign from the world to support equal righst. And there should be NO signal to Hungary, that the world supports  LGTB(?), in Hungary the laws are making it 'queer'  very difficult, they are almost treated as criminals (what is already a fact in countries like Russia).

My thoughst about it (sorry that my explanation was this long, and is so fuzzy...)

First.. Why can a Football Organisation accept a violence of human rights, and at the same time leads slogans against racism and for everyone is equal?
Second. Why can a city like Munich, or, a national Football Council, not jsust say, we stand for equal rights, we do it, it matters?
Three:  Why is everyone now so shocked about what happened, and no one gives a sh.t about the deaths and racism that takes place in Qatar, where we will get the same 'play', with symbols (or not) against the violation of human rights?