Rival Teams Stand Together to End Racism, Spread Coronavirus

Premier League teams, at the urging of their top sponsors, are standing for social justice.

As play resumes, players from rival teams have been lining up together prior to the national anthem in a show of solidarity to end racism, garnering numerous positive responses.

“You’re enemies when the game starts, but this…this is about spreading a message,” Jamie Vardy said, adding that he and other star players understand that the power of social change is contagious.

“As a goalie, you have a unique responsibility to use your hands and tell people face-to-face that racism isn’t okay,” said Aaron Ramsdale, noting that he’s purposefully taken a delay of game penalty to inform the referees that discrimination should end.

Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester United. pledged to make eradicating this disease the focus of his offseason anti-racist training.

“Go to restaurants, parks, bars, anywhere you can find large groups of people and tell them to stop being racist,” Kane said after he and the entire roster left their team hotel in London and organized a youth street soccer tournament to tell kids about the perils of prejudice.

Building on this commitment, the Premier League, in partnership with Enterprise Rent-a-Car and NBC Sports, is offering 40,000 lucky fans the opportunity to pack the two host arenas for the Premier League Playoffs, and cheer on their favorite players as they battle it out to determine who has the superior team colors.