The cult of Ruth comes to Scottish football
Glasgow City FC players will wear the late Supreme Court judge’s name on their sleeves this season.
Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter.
As if it wasn’t over the top in America, the cult-like devotion to the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg has, for some reason, reached a Scottish women’s football team.
Glasgow City FC players will wear Ginsburg’s name on their shirtsleeves this season in a nod to the ‘feminist icon and role model’.
Glasgow City will carry the name of Ruth Bader Ginsburg on their strip this season to honour the “feminist icon and role model”.https://t.co/l9qI57F7fr pic.twitter.com/zMB1ZhsFnx
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) September 23, 2020
Manager Laura Montgomery said, ‘We champion change and equality’, adding that, ‘RBG certainly gave all of us hope of an empowered future and we want to be able to honour her in this simple way’. In truth, it’s not exactly clear what a US Supreme Court judge has done for women in Scotland – or what any of this has to do with football.
This is another example of the increasing politicisation of every aspect of life. Even football is not safe – first it was players taking the knee for Black Lives Matter, and now this. Why can’t sport be left alone so everyone can enjoy it, regardless of their politics?
Once again, the US culture wars are being imported into Britain wholesale. Just as was the case with Black Lives Matter, American political arguments and iconography are being shoehorned into our lives while our own political context is ignored.
Let’s kick the US culture wars out of sport.
Picture by: Getty.
Help us hit our 1% target
spiked is funded by you. It’s your generosity that keeps us going and growing.
Only 0.1% of our regular readers currently donate to spiked. If you are one of the 99.9% who appreciates what we do, but hasn’t given just yet, please consider making a donation today.
If just 1% of our loyal readers donated regularly, it would be transformative for us, allowing us to vastly expand our team and coverage.
Plus, if you donate £5 a month or £50 a year, you can join and enjoy:
–Ad-free reading
–Exclusive bonus content
–Regular events
–Access to our comments section
The most impactful way to support spiked’s journalism is by registering as a supporter and making a monthly contribution. Thank you.
Comments
Want to join the conversation?
Only spiked supporters and patrons, who donate regularly to us, can comment on our articles.