The Premier League’s insufferably empty rainbow virtue-signaling

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There is not a single openly gay player in the English Premier League, nor is there one at any team in the top four soccer leagues in England. It’s essentially statistically impossible that there are not dozens of closeted gay men among the thousands of players on these 92 teams, yet none are comfortable or secure enough to be out to the public.

But the league doesn’t want you to worry about that pesky fact. Because at least the team captains all wear rainbow-colored armbands for a few games each year!

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