Adam Crafton, David Ornstein and Joe White, co-chair of 3 Lions Pride, spoke with Ayo Akinwolere to reflect on the in-depth interview
We have to take that again at face value. We do know that other players who have gone there do have some of these clauses in their contracts. We know that some of the tourism ambassadors have payments for a certain number of social media posts per year promoting Saudi Arabia — so it wouldn’t be hugely unusual. It was very much a reasonable question to ask. One of the big controversies after he made the move to Al Ettifaq was his announcement video.
If Jordan’s going there and saying that he feels he can make some sort of change, even if he’s not talking about changing laws — he’s pretty clear on that, saying he’s not a politician, OK — but this is that the kind of thing where he could turn around to his employers and say, “No, actually, that’s what I wore and that’s who I am? And you’ve potentially greyscaled that”. I thought that was an interesting moment just in terms of the social media dynamics.
If he were to consider doing something like wearing a rainbow armband, he would need to engage with local experts on what the response would likely be and what would the impact actually be to those who it matters most. I think the other thing is that it’s too late, from an England LGBT fan group perspective. We’ve seen cop-outs on Twitter.
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