Well, yes, and last time I looked football was also a pretty significant part of the history and heritage of these islands so quite how shutting it down achieves anything at all rather eludes me. All you're doing is denying the various different aspects of our history and heritage the chance to acknowledge in their own unique ways the Queen's passing and denying them an opportunity to pay their respects. The most important thing at a time of death is not to stop life from going on, but to continue it with an added measure of dignity and gratitude. We have been denied that. As I said before, this is the football authorities - as usual - playing to the crowd rather than taking an appropriate and measured decision.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

Plenty of other sport is being played.
Concerts and theatre continue.
I find football's stance baffling as to why it should be some sort of exception, as if it's trying to demonstrate it's worthy credentials.
As others have pithily observed the traditional pursuits of the gentry (hunting, fishing, horse riding) will be pursued whereas 12 year olds are forbidden from playing football.
All very confusing.

A counter argument for you Rudi:

It is exactly this type of hollow gesture that woke, virtue signaling, positively discriminating, anti-competence organisations cloak themselves in to avoid detection.

I think in the immediate wake of the announcement of the Queen's death and given that the Prince of Wales is the patron of Surrey (and, therefore, it's home where the Test Match is being played) it was reasonable to suspend the next day's play, today. But suspending play on Saturday, two days later, would make no sense at all. Life goes on and the fact that it does is not a barrier to showing respect (a fact entirely lost on the football authorities).

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

Can you imagine what will happen if we get a really bad winter with loads of postponements? The authorities will have an absolute nightmare trying to find ways to fit all the games in.

Presumably he has a ticket