Oh here they come...
Random links to some MoS. Of course i asked for them knowing what I would get.
And the point being missed,
politics and sport should be separate.
Australia asked for one. One they shouldn't have, imho, for an international match.
If the country wanted to observe a Mos, or have a memorial set up and the accompanying televised speeches, etc, that would be fine.
This is what happens when another Country doesn't share your views.
The outrage is predictable. Same as when some US athletes decided not to stand for the US National Anthem played before a game. There's no Law requiring it. There's no law requiring others observe a MoS. Out of respect you make an individual choice. And in the video of the Aus v SA match you can see people walking down the aisle. Why didn't they stop an observe the MoS?
Now Australia knew that Saudi Arabia weren't going to observe the MoS. They went ahead with it anyway.
Could they have asked for a minutes applause during the match at a certain minute as an alternative? Could they have done it at halftime with the teams in the changing rooms because they knew the Saudi's weren't going to participate? Is the only way to do a MoS before the match starts?