Crystal Palace are the first Premier League club to distance themselves from the Black Lives Matter UK movement with the club issuing a statement.Premier League chiefs have agreed not to ditch the Black Lives Matter badge on club shirts though the BBC have reportedly told presenters not to wear the badge.It’s come with the campaign having been accused of "hijacking" George Floyd's death for political reasons.Palace insist they do back the "ethos" of the cause though have drawn a line between football’s adoption of the anti-discrimination message and the wider demands of the movement.A Crystal Palace statement read: “As people will have seen from our first home game, we have placed banners over our seated areas at Selhurst Park that read:.
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