England apology for tweet saying WWC players 'go back to being mothers, partners, daughters'

Fox News ^ | July 06, 2015

[McGruff]

The English Football Association apologized for a tweet it subsequently deleted about its Women's World Cup team which prompted criticism across social media on Monday.

After England returned from its third-place finish in Canada, the FA wrote on Twitter on Monday: "Our Lionesses go back to being mothers, partners and daughters today, but they have taken on another title — heroes."

[McGruff]

Must have offended the trans-something community.

[ansel12]

Something that I learned in the last 2 weeks, females play soccer, and we have some kind of national female soccer team that won the world something or other.

[barmag25]

Bruce Jenner was highly offended. What if some of those ladies identified as fathers or brothers or something.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

"Our Lionesses go back . . ."

They wanted to be called Lions.

[HangnJudge]

Well...
They can't go back to being Fathers
Can they?

[thefactor]

If a tweet said that the men’s teams were going back to be “fathers, partners, and sons” there would be no problem.

[McGruff]

Some of them looked like they were fathers not mothers at some point in their development.

[HangnJudge]

It was a Micro-aggression

[isthisnickcool]

but they have taken on another title — heroes

Sports people are NOT heroes. They may be worth admiring for their physical abilities but they are not heroes.

[2banana]

I guess going back to being pregnant and in the kitchen is off the mark then...

[Dilbert San Diego]

I see nothing offensive about a comment that the girls are done in the tournament, and go back to being wives and mothers, etc. I think you have to be a member of the perpetually outraged liberal fringe to find malicious intent in such a comment.

[McGruff]

[GilGil]

Maybe they are victors but definitely not heroes.

[WayneS]

Exactly.

The tweet was simply making the point that these women are not professional athletes.

[DLfromthedesert]

We have an AWESOME team that took home the World Cup. Now they can return to again be wives, partners, mothers, and daughters.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

LOL. The EFA thought they were being politically correct by adding “partners” in there but they should have known better. The mob wants blood. You can’t placate it no matter how hard you try.

[Cyclone59]

I would much rather watch the ladies play soccer that the guys. The guys are mostly actors - gets hit in the head then rolls around on the ground grabbing his ankle.

[Bob]

Yeah, but in Mexican soccer, once the trainer applies the Magic Sponge ®, the player is rescued from his imminent, agonizing death and returns to the game. :=)

[Tax-chick]

If a tweet said that the men’s teams were going back to be “fathers, partners, and sons” there would be no problem.

No, but it still wouldn't make any sense. It's not as if they stopped being all those things while playing a sport.