Could this be Apartheid in football?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.independen...s-lawyer-8223281.html

Will the white players also be allowed to set up a 'White Players Association, so as to protect their interests?

[anotheoldgit]

DTcrosswordfan

/// It's a bloody players association in a sport that we are talking about ///

A 'Bloody Players Association' is it?

Blimey, don't say they have one of those too?

[DTCwordfan]

(they ought too!)

[anotheoldgit]

DTcrosswordfan

Poor example being a kid he didn't think he had to shake hands with another kid, notice though he did shake hands with adult black players.

[anotheoldgit]

ummmm

Another bad example, this it seems was another white player refusing to shake hands with John Terry.

I want examples of a white player refusing to shake hands with a black player.

[DTCwordfan]

I'm not being serious, AOG.........thought it was rather amusing, actually.....

[DTCwordfan]

Daglish and Patrice would do?

[ummmm]

You didn't say that.

[DTCwordfan]

sorry suarez and patrice evra...

[DTCwordfan]

why bother handshaking, this explains all.

[tonyav]

Ah right DT, and I thought they were all in the masons lol.

[DTCwordfan]

An excellent pub, near the south end of Windermere, is the Masons Arms.

[tonyav]

Right DT, noted if ever I'm up there.

[LazyGun]

Well, it might be "apartheid in football" if they were forming a black players only league or similar - are they? Do their articles of association propose only passing to other black players, or only tackling white player? No, they don't, so a hyperbolic question really.

Most of these bodies to which you refer ( rather like the society of black lawyers, and the national black police association) are formed to promote initiatives that reduce discrimination based around race/ colour, a discrimination that has been around for centuries. None of these organisations are promoting any kind of apartheid or anti-white agenda.

No question that Britain is far more equal and tolerant than it once was, and no question that it is probably the least racist country in europe - but that does not mean that all the battles are won, that discrimination has disappeared.

If some black players wish to form an association devoted to fighting racism because they feel the current measures and initiatives have stalled or become complacent, that is entirely up to them it seems to me.

[friedgreentomato]

why are the white players subject to racial abuse everytime they play a match?

do you believe that the white players are being discriminated against?

[jomifl]

There is already a thread on this subject
http://www.theanswerb.../Question1182065.html

[Zeuhl]

<Will the white players also be allowed to set up a 'White Players Association, so as to protect their interests?>

they could if they wanted to.

why do you always think that things have to be 'allowed' or not?
who is this big boss you imagine you have to ask permission of all the time?

Yes there is International Women's Day. But there is also International Men's Day. And if there wasn't - you could start it
Yes there is Gay Pride. And if someone wanted to start Old Git Pride no one will 'disallow' it.

Presumably 'white players' don't feel a need to form their own association otherwise they would.

[sp1814]

AOG

What interests would white players be protecting?

Are you talking about the racial abuse the white England under 21s were subjected to in Serbia?

If so, then I totally agree with you. There's way too much racism against white players, especially when playing in overwhelmingly black countries such as Serbia and the Ukrane.

Also, white players are notable by their absence higher up the hierarchy in football management. I can only think of one white manager in the Premier league...and where are all the white coaches? And how many members of the FA board are white? None.

This form of insidious racism needs to be addressed and if a white players association is the way to go, then I'm completely with you.

[ummmm]

Lol, sp...