A Good Decision by FIFA

It was a good decision by FIFA to allow the England football team to wear the poppy!

Prime Minister, David Cameron and even the likes of Prince William commented on the recent events with FIFA, which supported their decision to be over turned.

We picked up on this article from another website...

"Like many fellow Brits, I respect and admire those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the many wars this country has fought. I put my money in the tin, make a donation to the Poppy Appeal and, throughout the week that it's on my jacket, I remember the dead - and the huge sacrifice they have made for my family and my country. I don't wear it every minute of the day but I don't need to. It's a personal gesture and a private decision.

What happened this week is really quite strange, given that the history of the Poppy Appeal goes back 90 years, and the fact that the regulations around playing kit laid out by football's governing body, FIFA, are pretty straightforward. The England team has taken part in dozens of fixtures close to Remembrance Sunday since the Haig Fund was established and has never seen fit to add anything to its shirts beyond the famous Three Lions crest and the kit-maker's logo.

This time, however, England decided to go big, and the English FA seemed assume that there would be no problem in doing so. The national anthem would be accompanied by wreath-laying, poppies on tracksuits, and then, as with the kits of many English Premier League teams for the past few seasons, a poppy would be printed on the playing shirts. This was a completely unilateral decision. The British Legion hadn't even asked for the poppy on the shirt, and there appeared to be little or no consideration of FIFA's regulations...."

For more on this please click the following link: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/don-riddell/fa-fifa-poppy-row-was-it-an-own-gogl_b_1086357.html