During the 86 World Cup, I was living in Indonesia. The Indonesian press was very interested in what the players from countries like Morocco were doing, as the tournament fell the same time as Ramadan. And Mexico in July was fairly warm, and they had midday kickoffs scheduled. Apparently you can get an exemption from fasting as long as you make it up later (i.e. after the tournament). Seems most players did this.
There have always been provisions to break the Ramadan fast. Apparently nowadays there's considerable diversity of opinion about what constitutes a good reason, which should surprise no one -- gee, imagine that, in a religion with 1.3 billion adherents, not everybody interprets religious requirements the same way. Interesting, too, that this was a mixed Muslim and Jewish team. Perhaps it wasn't just "love of soccer", as Hater put it (the phrase is not used in the article), but also a wish to not let their teammates down.
i honestly think that when the players put their game above what even brought them to where they are {Allah},that just shows how much they appreciate. its times like these were i could truly say im hurt and pissed. yoo it just dont make sense, they do this next thing you no there skippin prayers, they might as well prey to the soccer ball. comon its just not right.thats what i think no matter how much sports means to us
