Soon in would be A there could be a sensational news regarding the jersey numbers of the players. Specifically, the Italian top league could say goodbye to number 88.
The particular request was advanced by Milena Santerini, national coordinator for the fight against anti-Semitism at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. The reason for the request is due to the meaning which lies behind the number 88 in language neo-nazis. This is the press release:
“A symbol of this kind, even unconscious, cannot be used for fun or flaunting innocence. It means suffering and violencean ideology of death that divided human beings into worthy and unworthy, and unleashed unspeakable violence.
Italian football teams are asked not to attribute the jersey number 88 to players in the next championship. This number has clear references to neo-Nazi ideology, given that the numbers 8-8, in the use made of them by various neo-Nazi activists, correspond to two Hs (eighth letter of the alphabet) and allude ‘in code’ to the I salute Heil Hitler. Even if some players are unaware of the reference, teams are strongly advised not to use it“.
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