The BLM movement did not invent kneeling as a way of showing respect. Christian churchgoers have used it extensively for 2,000 years.
I don’t know this for sure but expect the number of Marxists in the England mens football squad is approximately zero.
Can we let go of this bullshit that opposition to sportspeople taking the knee is an anti Marxist stance. Anyone that does not support anti racist gestures has every right to do so but at least have the balls to admit that is what you are doing.
Personally I would prefer 10 seconds of both teams and officials linking with arms over one another’s shoulders with the message of equality and all lives matter. However, taking the knee is better than doing nothing about equality which is what most of society does.