This issue seems to be getting more and more press lately and more and more footballers are speaking out against it.
Yes, it's reprehensible, and we would all like it stamped out, but some of the suggestions as to how to do it seem ridiculous.
I'm now hearing clubs should be punished by either having to play matches behind closed doors, be punished by points deductions, or even by being relegated.
Does anyone else thinks it's unfair to punish a club for the actions of its supporters?
A club has a duty to speak out against racism or to ban racist supporters who can be identified but other than that are they really responsible for an individual fan who shouts a racist chant?
And aren't these highly paid superstars getting a bit over sensitive about this? When I went to games in my youth, players would be called 'donkeys' or 'carthorses' or any other derogatory epithet that could be applied to a (white) player.
When I was young I was made fun of because I was skinny (imagine that today!), then made fun of because I was quiet, then made fun of because I went bald. Sometimes you just have to suck up abuse and become stronger because of it.
I can't help feeling the world is turing into a population of wimps and complainers who can't tolerate being upset over anything.
You mean they didn't make fun of you for being thick as mince?This issue seems to be getting more and more press lately and more and more footballers are speaking out against it.
Yes, it's reprehensible, and we would all like it stamped out, but some of the suggestions as to how to do it seem ridiculous.
I'm now hearing clubs should be punished by either having to play matches behind closed doors, be punished by points deductions, or even by being relegated.
Does anyone else thinks it's unfair to punish a club for the actions of its supporters?
A club has a duty to speak out against racism or to ban racist supporters who can be identified but other than that are they really responsible for an individual fan who shouts a racist chant?
And aren't these highly paid superstars getting a bit over sensitive about this? When I went to games in my youth, players would be called 'donkeys' or 'carthorses' or any other derogatory epithet that could be applied to a (white) player.
When I was young I was made fun of because I was skinny (imagine that today!), then made fun of because I was quiet, then made fun of because I went bald. Sometimes you just have to suck up abuse and become stronger because of it.
I can't help feeling the world is turing into a population of wimps and complainers who can't tolerate being upset over anything.
This issue seems to be getting more and more press lately and more and more footballers are speaking out against it.
Yes, it's reprehensible, and we would all like it stamped out, but some of the suggestions as to how to do it seem ridiculous.
I'm now hearing clubs should be punished by either having to play matches behind closed doors, be punished by points deductions, or even by being relegated.
Does anyone else thinks it's unfair to punish a club for the actions of its supporters?
A club has a duty to speak out against racism or to ban racist supporters who can be identified but other than that are they really responsible for an individual fan who shouts a racist chant?
And aren't these highly paid superstars getting a bit over sensitive about this? When I went to games in my youth, players would be called 'donkeys' or 'carthorses' or any other derogatory epithet that could be applied to a (white) player.
When I was young I was made fun of because I was skinny (imagine that today!), then made fun of because I was quiet, then made fun of because I went bald. Sometimes you just have to suck up abuse and become stronger because of it.
I can't help feeling the world is turing into a population of wimps and complainers who can't tolerate being upset over anything.
This issue seems to be getting more and more press lately and more and more footballers are speaking out against it.
Yes, it's reprehensible, and we would all like it stamped out, but some of the suggestions as to how to do it seem ridiculous.
I'm now hearing clubs should be punished by either having to play matches behind closed doors, be punished by points deductions, or even by being relegated.
Does anyone else thinks it's unfair to punish a club for the actions of its supporters?
A club has a duty to speak out against racism or to ban racist supporters who can be identified but other than that are they really responsible for an individual fan who shouts a racist chant?
And aren't these highly paid superstars getting a bit over sensitive about this? When I went to games in my youth, players would be called 'donkeys' or 'carthorses' or any other derogatory epithet that could be applied to a (white) player.
When I was young I was made fun of because I was skinny (imagine that today!), then made fun of because I was quiet, then made fun of because I went bald. Sometimes you just have to suck up abuse and become stronger because of it.
I can't help feeling the world is turing into a population of wimps and complainers who can't tolerate being upset over anything.
That's usually because they were sex offenders.Easy for people to mock, but if you know your history it's not that long ago that quiet thin balding men had to use a separate bathroom from everyone else.
This issue seems to be getting more and more press lately and more and more footballers are speaking out against it.
Yes, it's reprehensible, and we would all like it stamped out, but some of the suggestions as to how to do it seem ridiculous.
I'm now hearing clubs should be punished by either having to play matches behind closed doors, be punished by points deductions, or even by being relegated.
Does anyone else thinks it's unfair to punish a club for the actions of its supporters?
A club has a duty to speak out against racism or to ban racist supporters who can be identified but other than that are they really responsible for an individual fan who shouts a racist chant?
And aren't these highly paid superstars getting a bit over sensitive about this? When I went to games in my youth, players would be called 'donkeys' or 'carthorses' or any other derogatory epithet that could be applied to a (white) player.
When I was young I was made fun of because I was skinny (imagine that today!), then made fun of because I was quiet, then made fun of because I went bald. Sometimes you just have to suck up abuse and become stronger because of it.
I can't help feeling the world is turing into a population of wimps and complainers who can't tolerate being upset over anything.
Erm........ ummm.......what!??!??Anyone see this? The silence...
Yep I agree. You’ve got to give and take but do it at the right timeJohn Barnes really makes a lot of sense whenever he talks about it.... I remember going to England v Scotland in 1988 and the Scots were throwing bananas at him and passing around an inflatable monkey with John Barnes on it.....so when he speaks I always stop what I’m doing and listen.... apart from when he tries to rap of course.
What I gather he is trying to say is that it’s okay to call AJ a nonce but not acceptable to be racist. Not sure where exactly he was going with that but I suppose it’s going into the realms of what is deemed offensive and what is reasonable......maybeAnyone see this? The silence...
Being called bald isn’t exactly the same as being called a monkey is it? If you are bald oddly that’s what you are. If you are a naturalised African human you are not s monkey are you?
it's incredible that in 2019 you have to take time to explain that to someone.
Sent to Wigan's Nathan Byrne today
Aren't these rich players a bit oversensitive though? I remember someone saying I had shit trainers once
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