Great Moments Of Sportsmanship » Shirt swapping http://www.greatmomentsofsportsmanship.com Dedicated to sportsmanship Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:26:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Suspending Animosity: The Football Shirt Swap http://www.greatmomentsofsportsmanship.com/america/suspending-animosity-the-football-shirt-swap/ http://www.greatmomentsofsportsmanship.com/america/suspending-animosity-the-football-shirt-swap/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:09:00 +0000 prsmith http://www.greatmomentsofsportsmanship.com/?p=291 I came across this lovely article by Ethan Armstrong about swapping shirts after an intense battle. He was amazed by the ritual and thought it so special that he wrote about in on his blog.

Never may we lose this tradition. I have another question for you:  Why do some players now, when asked to swap shirts by their opposing player, point to the dressing room and, I assume, suggest that they swap shirts in the dressing room. Is this protocol madness. Doesn’t the FA, EUFA and FIFA realise that the best PR for the game is to let kids see players swap shirts. Does anyone know the logic here?

 

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