How should sports teams respond to the death of a national figure? If there is a template, the England cricket team seems to have found it
sports teams respond to the death of a national figure? If there is a template, the England cricket team seems to have found it. On September 10th, two days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a Test match between England and South Africa got under way at the Oval, a ground in south London. It had been delayed for 48 hours, first by the weather and then, of course, by the news from Balmoral Castle.
All this reflects the difficult choices facing sporting bodies face in the wake of momentous national events. After the terrorist attacks of September 2001, sport had to strike a balance between acknowledging the tragedy and demonstrating that normal life would continue despite the atrocity. American football matches were postponed on the following weekend, but baseball games resumed on the 17th, six days after the attacks.
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