In uk.d-i-y Brian Gaff wrote:

I'd suggest they all have pictures of naked ladies on their shirts and that
will probably be allowed as its not an advert.

FIFA's reason (or not) is that the poppy is a religious symbol,
nothing to do with it being an advert or not.

The question is whether their seeing the poppy as a religious symbol
is correct. Banning such symbols on the football field does make
sense.

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Chris Green
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