Slightly off topic but I note that Brentford, QPR and Middlesbrough have all elected to no longer bend the knee before matches.
Wilf Zaha has also individually said that he finds it demeaning and won’t do it.
He even said that he doesn’t want Black lives matter on his shirt.
I said months ago that I thought it a fad that would just fade away.
It appears it might.
Depends what you mean by a fad.
I would just call these particular campaigns very well meaning but too unnecessarily vague in their messages and slogans.
Even "Kick it Out" is not a full message, but at least people that do a bit of investigation soon know that it actually means "Kick Racism out".
Surely a better strategy would be to ditch all the references to times gone by. Nothing can be done about that. Nothing can even be done for George Floyd, other than put his killer(s) on trial. The future is what counts.
I thought maybe I was in a group of one when it seemed strange to me that taking a knee appeared to be a submissive and degrading gesture, whether you know its history or not, when surely defiance should have been the message. However, I have heard a lot of people say similar and now so has Wilf Zaha.