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Should the referee have suspended play? What other measures can stop this?
Should the referee have suspended play? What other measures can stop this?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.doctordb never been to a football match in my life, plenty of rugga games though. Why would that matter? The same chanting could happen at any sporting event and the same rules apply -don't ignore but react in a way that demeans the perpetrator. You can't racially or otherwise abuse someone if they turn it around on you and don't act abused. If someone shouted at me something like 'Blondie bimbo big boobs' I wouldn't go crying to the papers -I'd laugh give them a wiggle , stick up a finger while mouthing something un ladylike . xx
YMB has the right of it when he said this IMO;
"The referees should walk over and signal/ask them to stop. If they don't or do it again then the match should be stopped and points awarded to the other team.
Small fines do no good, the fans need to be hurt. Their team loosing because of their actions would do that"
"The referees should walk over and signal/ask them to stop. If they don't or do it again then the match should be stopped and points awarded to the other team.
Small fines do no good, the fans need to be hurt. Their team loosing because of their actions would do that"
ummmm
/// There are young impressionable kids watching these matches do you not think we need to show that it's not acceptable? ///
And don't you think that the young kids would notice that to the player the crowds actions were a waste of time, and attach themselves to their hero rather than the silly crowd?
/// There are young impressionable kids watching these matches do you not think we need to show that it's not acceptable? ///
And don't you think that the young kids would notice that to the player the crowds actions were a waste of time, and attach themselves to their hero rather than the silly crowd?
I think a good message for young people is to not be threatened by bullies, to stand up and show that however nasty they can be you will not allow it to affect you. This is not ignoring the situation, its reacting to it. Too mny people these days 'run crying to mummy', it seems to be the fashion at the moment. I realise everyone has different opinions and different reactions, this is just my opinion and how I would react. I don't think making big issues of it will stop it, on the contrary I think if every time someone calls someone something and it ends up with players wakling off then more people will do it.
/And don't you think that the young kids would notice that to the player the crowds actions were a waste of time, and attach themselves to their hero rather than the silly crowd? /
Could be
But aog still hasn't answered the question
of whether this noble 'sticks and stones' approach shouldn't have been adopted by the police who instead prosecuted Muslim demonstrators who insulted our troops
If 'shrugging it off with a big smile' is your solution aog?
Could be
But aog still hasn't answered the question
of whether this noble 'sticks and stones' approach shouldn't have been adopted by the police who instead prosecuted Muslim demonstrators who insulted our troops
If 'shrugging it off with a big smile' is your solution aog?
ClaryS
Doesn't work that way.
Racism doesn't disappear if you ignore it, which is why AOG's earlier suggestion is just laughably naive too.
Here's the evidence - in the UK in the 70s you had WAY more racism on the terraces than you do now. That's because of active anti-racist movements within the world of football, and generally because older racists are now...well...dying off, and not being replaced in sufficient numbers (thankfully).
We are ahead of certain countries in northern and Eastern Europe not because we have shrugged and smiled racism away. It's because we have tackled it, and made it something that (most) people would feel ashamed of.
Also, you have to remember - racism on the terraces doesn't just affect the black players - it affects the black fans too.
Doesn't work that way.
Racism doesn't disappear if you ignore it, which is why AOG's earlier suggestion is just laughably naive too.
Here's the evidence - in the UK in the 70s you had WAY more racism on the terraces than you do now. That's because of active anti-racist movements within the world of football, and generally because older racists are now...well...dying off, and not being replaced in sufficient numbers (thankfully).
We are ahead of certain countries in northern and Eastern Europe not because we have shrugged and smiled racism away. It's because we have tackled it, and made it something that (most) people would feel ashamed of.
Also, you have to remember - racism on the terraces doesn't just affect the black players - it affects the black fans too.
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