It’s a bit strange but professional sport is extremely meritocratic at the player level (coaching and staffing is another matter) so it’s very unlikely that there’s any ill intent here.
I wish news and companies understood optics better.
‘Criticism of all white photo’ comes across as white = bad
Criticism of lack of diversity comes across as diversity = good
People commenting clearly just read headlines.
Token player? GTF! If that team is winning don’t change it because of diversity.
No where does anyone mention anything about token players.
It’s about doing more at grassroots level to get girls from diverse backgrounds involved.
This is just plain ridiculous. Fuck those racist people that complained about the squad photo.
I thought diversity is something that happens naturally, but apparently, it’s something that needs to be consciously created at all cost. ffs
“Your left backs shit mate”
“Yeah I know, I know. But we needed a half mexican-half asian player with an african link in the last 3 generations who also identifies as anything but straight and with blonde or red hair. She is literally the only one that fits the description unfortunately, contract negotiations were brutal for us.”