Test Match was always going ahead (no bad thing), the Queen followed cricket and in the day was presented to the teams at Lords' tests.
Black armbands, 2 minute silences and the National Anthem would have sufficed.
We are a very much more diverse nation nowadays and people could have been given the choice, particularly as the games may well be postponed again next weekend.
Postponements in and around London were handy as it freed up police resources for the Back into Europe march & event in Central London today, especially if it did take place.

Will the pools panel be in operation today? If they are I reckon Brendan Rodgers will be given the sack if they give Leicester's game as an away win to Villa.

I think a lot of it will be to do with the fact police forces are having to provide officers to assist the Met with the funeral.

what, yesterday and today? Where?

I'll preface this post by observing that, criminal scumbag though he seemingly was, Floyd was certainly murdered, and that criminal charges against the (diverse) trio of policemen responsible were appropriate. That said, I agree entirely with your post.

The problem you highlight began when commercial organisations developed manipulative and subtle form of advertising relating to social/political issues. We all wanted them to stop using third world sweatshops, trade fairly, not dump s*** in rivers, treat cattle humanely etc and so on, and once the commercial sector realised it couldn't avoid social responsibility, it began using it as a marketing tool instead. Adverts became less about the quality of the product and more about appropriately paid locals harvesting crops in Sri Lanka, poverty stricken Mexican lads being saved from a life of gang violence, or of drinking wells being constructed in Africa.

Add in social media and soon enough everyone from craft breweries to lawnmower companies feel obliged to announce their socially progressive position on just about everything. Partly this is for free advertising, partly to try and do the right thing, and partly a response to fear of being shamed if they don't.

The problem of course is that whilst there is no limit to the number and complexity of social/political issues, there certainly is a limit to the ability of commercial organisations to fully understand and address them, hence the trend for gross oversimplification.

As you say, the most prominent example of this was the FA, Premier League and football broadcasters rushing to throw as much visible support behind BLM as possible without stopping to assess what they were doing. The process that followed still begars belief. Music or recorded applause being played at high volume at Wembley to drown out any dissent as the knee was taken, complete denial that respectful and reasonable opposition existed, regular misrepresentation of opposition as either flagrant racism or the result of ignorance (BLM were, all of a sudden, not a political organisation apparently), before they slowly and very privately designed a method to reverse out of it all without ever acknowledging possible error, let alone the damage done.

All of which leads us to the decision to cancel football this weekend. It's not the decision itself I am frustrated by (incorrect though I think it is), its the people and process leading to it. These are organisations labouring under the misapprehension that they are required to develop social/political views, that they are capable of doing so to an appropriate standard, and that they don't need to consider the views of the people who pay for the whole gravy train. They are are stuck in an ongoing addiction to the social media popularity contest, and this just feels like the latest consequence.

Apologies for the long post, but I appreciate the opportunity to articulate my feelings. I'm sure the mods will move the post to a different thread if necessary.

For those who remain baffled by the decision to call off games at all levels this weekend may be interested to learn that the Telegraph is reporting today that Eton college managed to play two games this weekend.
This probably won't be a surprise to many.