AMSTERDAM — Play at all professional soccer matches in the Netherlands will be halted for a minute this weekend to protest against racism, after a match was suspended last week following the abuse of a player. Players will not move in the first minute of every match in the country’s Eredivisie and second-tier First Division, while the message “Racism? Then we won’t play” will be shown on all screens and boarding in the stadiums, the Eredivisie said. “We want to raise attention to the abuse in the stands and discrimination on the field in the Netherlands,” the Eredivisie said. As in other European countries, racial abuse is not uncommon at soccer matches in the Netherlands, yet matches are rarely suspended for it.

Source: National Post November 22, 2019 11:37 UTC