Hi Paul,
"How do you feel about footballs 'indigenous round', when special jumpers are worn, with an indigenous theme being promoted."

It's probably less provocative then 'bending the knee'.

I think sport should just be left purely as sport.
- Not a platform that can be exploited to promote social / political issues.

In 1960 New Zealand Rugby Union failed to select Maori players for the national tour of South Africa. The decision to comply with South Africa’s strict segregationist apartheid policies by not selecting Maori players caused outrage. Some of the biggest public protests in New Zealand’s history failed to convince the Labour government to intervene. Prime Minister Walter Nash supported the rugby union, arguing that to include Maori ‘would be an act of the greatest folly and cruelty to the Maori race’.

I wish they wouldn't select Maori players for the 'All Blacks' today, then the "Want-A-Be" Aussies might have a show of getting within 30 points of the cursed Kiwi's.

Homosexuals or transgender or whatever else, as long as there is football society has a problem promoting sense !

"haven't seen it so described but, like HIV, it has been associated with homosexual activities. Not something to be proud of."

There is no medical reasons for gays to be more likely to get monkey pox. In a world where most straight couples under 40 do anal, there's no reason for gays to be more likely to get aids.

Brazil’s health ministry indicates that more than 98 per cent of confirmed cases of Monkey Pox were in men who have sex with men.

Homosexuals should be entitled to the same medical care as anyone else. The fact that monkey pox is more prevalent among them is no more relevant than the fact that rickets is more prevalent among small children. Treatment for rickets and monkey pox should not be denied because it is more prevalent in a subsection of the population. In a civilised society being a small child or a homosexual is not a crime.