English players refuse to wear silver medal after their defeat

[marylander1940]

England players refuse to wear silver medals after Euro 2020 defeat to Italy - Wales Online

Op note: sore losers! 

Edited July 12, 2021 by marylander1940

[BuffaloKyle]

I have seen this happen before. To have just lost a huge championship and be upset and then be given your second place award can be a little salt on the wound to some. I feel about this with tennis majors as well. I don't know why they make the runner up stay out there and get a second place award and have to watch the winner celebrate. You can tell sometimes they just wanna get the heck out.

[marylander1940]

England FA condemn racist abuse aimed at Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho after Euro 2020 shootout loss (espn.com)

All of the sudden some of the players aren't as English as the others... 

 

[+ MysticMenace]

is this because people a decade or so ago started handing out participation trophies to everybody and nobody learned the concept of winning and losing?

[CuriousByNature]

This where a team suspension would send an effective message, or better yet, take the silver medals away since they weren't satisfied with them and give the silver to Denmark.

Edited July 13, 2021 by CuriousByNature

[dixietony]

On 7/12/2021 at 9:45 AM, BuffaloKyle said:

I have seen this happen before. To have just lost a huge championship and be upset and then be given your second place award can be a little salt on the wound to some. I feel about this with tennis majors as well. I don't know why they make the runner up stay out there and get a second place award and have to watch the winner celebrate. You can tell sometimes they just wanna get the heck out.

It's called being an adult, accepting reality, being a good loser, etc. You stand there, be happy for your competition, and if you can't do that, don't compete. 

[marylander1940]

 

[Guest]

I'm not personally interested in soccer, but were they protesting a controversial call by a referee, or was the loss well-accepted? Unless there was a highly controversial call, that type of behavior is abhorrent and put the entire country in a very bad light.