Thursday, October 9, 2008

UEFA have their priorities wrong.


For me, the Union of European Football Association have their priorities wrong. UEFA wants to kick out Manchester United, Chelsea and other sides who have growing debt. The problem is that they are trying their best to get rid of these clubs because of financial problems. However when dealing with clubs or national teams who chant racist and homophobic they only get small fines that they can pay out of their pocket. I just don't understand where they are coming from with this. The Association is supposed to be on the forefront of stamping out racism and yet it keeps on happening in alarming rates. In most instances nothing happens to them. All those people can just go back to the park and chant the same things and the club will just pay the fine, tell the supporters not to do it again and the cycle continues.

I am not saying that they don't need to punish those who have large debts. I am just saying that if you want to banish those who have those debts, I believe that you should also ban clubs who condone racism (and homophobia) or at least deduct points from them. Maybe it will lead to those clubs/national teams to tell their supporters to either stop their conduct, or ban them from the stadiums forever. They may even force them to play behind closed doors so that it will keep the small minority who do make those chants out. If that happens you may see some vigilantes among the fans who see these actions going on and do something about it. Only with firm action can you begin cutting down racism in stadiums.

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