An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Britain, Great No More
Football racism could cost clubs points or relegation
Racist abuse during matches would cost football [soccer for those who have been under a rock] clubs championship points under proposals drawn up by a Football Association working party.
It will recommend that football tribunals be set up to examine allegations of racist and religious abuse and other “off the pitch issues” at matches at all levels of the game.
Parents and spectators at junior league clubs across Britain are among those who face being questioned by local FA tribunals and called to account for any racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic or Islamophobic abuse directed at other parents, players, spectators or referees.
Didn’t GB, at one time, have the same sort of ‘freedom of speech’ we do? Or at least did, before The ONE and his evil minions took over. Now, I realize that people shouldn’t try to degrade anyone else with words, or deeds. That’s just plain common courtesy. I’m wondering, however, if the rise in such behavior is directly related to the increased restrictions being placed on people, and their freedoms.
Mr Mann told The Times: “We have seen the problem with the English football team getting racist abuse in places such as Spain and Croatia. Points sanctions are one of the options. It could cost clubs a place in the European Championshipm [sic], or relegation.”
The more a country’s government infringes on a person’s right, the more ways the people will find ways to strike back. I believe the increase in such anger towards others is in direct corelation to the restrictions that are being placed on the people’s basic rights.
Some clubs, such as Millwall, Ipswich Town, Nottingham Forest and Southampton, have introduced confidential text messaging for fans to report racist or other abuse on match days. Hull City expels fans from the grounds for being abusive.
What’s next? Will they have a special number for people to text to report anyone who blows their nose in a certain way? How about if a parent forgets to give their kid their multi-vitamin? It’s ok to slam Christians, or even whites, in the heat of a game, or argument, or whatever, but you’ll be brought before some social police board if you dare to say anything that someone might find offensive.
Mr Mann said that the problem was just as bad in junior and amateur clubs. “There is some extraordinarily outdated racism at the lower, grassroots levels of football which, if it was in the work place, no employer would tolerate. The issue is abuse from the touchline, especially from parents and spectators. It is not surprising there are virtually no home-grown Jewish or Muslim football players in Britain.”
Britain has allowed the bigotry to grow, by allowing bigots to take over the country….aka Muslims. England, that at one time was a pretty cool place, has turned itself into a breeding ground of dissatisfaction, and have no one but themselves to blame.
An FA spokesman said: “It’s already in the FA’s power to deduct points. However, this would only ever happen for discrimination for very serious chants involving a large number of fans and where it’s persistent.”
One place I’d never go is to a professional soccer match. Have you seen how those so called fans behave….all over the world? What a bunch of raving lunatics. It’s a game for the love of pete! However, that being said, do grownups really need tattle tells in their midst to keep them under control? Kind of sounds like the Nazi Germany, doesn’t it.
The early Nazi years in Germany bred mistrust and suspicion between races, religions, and even between family members. Source.
