Brentford to stop taking a knee for Black Lives Matter
Posted Sunday, February 14, 2021 by Marca.com
Championship side Brentford have confirmed that their players will no longer be taking a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before matches.
Since the return of football after lockdown in June, Premier League and English Football League (EFL) clubs have taken a knee before games as a show of protest against racial injustice.
Brentford, though, have become the first high-profile club to discontinue the action after an agreement between their players.
"This decision has come after lengthy discussions as a group," Brentford said in a club statement.
"We have been taking a knee before games since June but, like many of our fellow players at other clubs, no longer believe that this is having an impact.
"We believe we can use our time and energies to promote racial equality in other ways."
The London club will not take a knee before Sunday's match against Barnsley in England's second tier.
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