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The 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> is just weeks away, and as I do every four years or so, I’m jonesing for some World Cup soccer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, this year’s tournament is bringing with it some new rules, one of which might be one of the goofiest I’ve ever heard.<\/p>\n

Want to cover your mouth while jawing with an opponent? Not unless you want a red card, you don’t, pal.<\/p>\n

According to The Athletic<\/em>, FIFA has rolled out some new rules that give officials the latitude to issue players red cards if they cover their mouths during a confrontation with an opponent.<\/p>\n

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It’s being left up to the on-field official to decide, based on the circumstances, whether or not to whip out the ol’ red card.<\/p>\n

Now, the reason for this dates back to an incident in which Real Madrid player Vinicius Jr. accused Benfica player Gianluca Prestianni of making racist comments<\/a>. Prestianni denied this, but had his jersey over his mouth the entire time.<\/p>\n

He was ultimately banned by UEFA for six matches after admitting to making homophobic comments during the incident<\/a>, though three of those matches were suspended and also include one match in which he served under a preliminary suspension.<\/p>\n

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“If a player covers his mouth and says something, and this has a racist consequence, then he has to be sent off, obviously,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino<\/a> said in an interview with Sky News shortly after the incident. “There must be a presumption that he has said something he shouldn\u2019t have said, otherwise he wouldn\u2019t have had to cover his mouth.”<\/p>\n

A “presumption”? So, now if you’ve got your mouth covered, you’re saying something racist. There’s no other possible <\/em>explanation!<\/p>\n

Noted. It’s always that simple, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

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Of course not.<\/p>\n

Sure, if someone feels like the pitch is a good place to get racist, send them off… but, now we’re just assuming anyone who covers their mouth is saying something racist or homophobic?<\/p>\n

That doesn’t seem like a smart direction to head in, does it? Especially after one incident.<\/p>\n

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I agree that if a player covers his mouth while chirping an opponent, it’s likely because he doesn’t want it to be heard or lip-read. But that doesn’t mean it’s something racist or homophobic.<\/p>\n

I’m not proud of it, but I can think of a lot of chirps that most people would not want broadcast to millions that don’t fall into either of those buckets.<\/p>\n

Anyone who has played a sport at any level \u2014 high school, college, pro, beer league \u2014 can.<\/p>\n

Racist and\/or homophobic comments aren’t something you want in the game, but these new rules that arrive<\/a> in time for the World Cup seem to run the risk of going too far.<\/p>\n

In fact, it seems reasonable to believe that we could see a player get smeared as a racist homophobe because he covered his mouth, even if that wasn’t the case at all.<\/p>\n

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Good luck trying to wash that stink off of you in this day and age.<\/p>\n

All too often, people bring in a rule like this under the premise of “fighting racism and homophobia” without seemingly weighing the consequences of how it might backfire.<\/p>\n

And this one seems to have some serious backfirin’ potential in my opinion.<\/p>\n

So, if you’re a soccer player and you don’t want people lip-reading your non-racist and non-homophobic chirps, you’ve still got about a month and a half to hone your ventriloquism chops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/world-cup-players-cover-mouths-confrontations-could-get-red-cards <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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