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FIFA Ban Brazil Players From Displaying Religious T-Shirts


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By Joffa - 12 Jun 2010 10:01 PM

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FIFA Ban Brazil Players From Displaying Religious T-Shirts
Brazil players will not be allowed to display messages underneath their football kit...
By Salvatore Landolina
Jun 12, 2010 12:34:00 PM


Brazil have been told that their players are banned from displaying religious t-shirts during the World Cup, a spokesman for the team confirmed on Saturday.

Rodrigo Paiva who is responsible for communications at the Brazil Football Federation CBF confirmed FIFA have told them they are prohibited from displaying anything of a private, religious or political nature.

"They have asked us to obey the guidelines," Paiva told DPA press agency.

Current FIFA guidelines ban players from displaying messages of political or religious nature.

Brazil clash with North Korea at Ellis Park on Tuesday. Past World Cups have seen players from the Selecao display messages on t-shirts.

In 2002, the then-captain Cafu had one with the message 'I love Jesus'.

More recently, Kaka has displayed the 'I belong to Jesus' shirt.

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By Chilugal - 13 Jun 2010 9:09 AM

So according to this article only Brazilian players have been banned? Maybe the rest of the teams should take up this tradition.

Speaking of traditions, why ban religion and not the vuvuzelas? It's all tradition isn't it?

Also, what's the harm of displaying your religion? Isn't this part of freedom of choice? Which of you were offended when seeing the Brazilians with their Jesus shirts? Just seems like an unusual decision by FIFA.