Premier League, EFL & FA accused of 'double standards' for not holding tribute for victims of New Zealand's mosque attacks
Watford and Manchester United players line up in the centre circle for a minute's silence in November 2015
The Premier League, English Football League and Football Association have been accused of"double standards" for not holding tributes for 50 people killed in New Zealand's mosque attacks.Premier League clubsYunus Lunat, former FA race equality board chair, called it"hypocrisy". When tributes were held in 2015, Premier League chief Richard Scudamore said it was an act of"solidarity and remembrance" following the attacks in the French capital, in which 130 people died.
Lunat told BBC Sport:"There is no excuse, whenever something has happened, not even on the same scale, football has always come out and paid tribute. "It is double standards and hypocrisy. To hold a minute's silence was the right thing to do. When it happens for the events, it has to happen across the board for every attack."When asked for a comment by BBC Sport, the Premier League pointed toIt is understood the English Football League allowed clubs to exercise their own discretion as to whether they paid their own tributes.
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