Comments on: Time for football to tackle racism epidemic?

By: Loveunited2015

Loveunited2015 — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:37:29 +0000

Very critical issue .

By: rajiv

rajiv — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:35:18 +0000

We have on one hand kpb and on the other american altidore, who was abused a few days ago and reacted very differently. He insisted the game go on and said the racist are sick people who need help and that he was raised better than to be provoked by racist and morons. So which is the better course? HArd to say. Both takes courage to do. I mean a strong black woman called Rosa parks on a bus in america stood upto racism all those years ago, when it was not even fashionable to do so, when popular opinion (unlike today) supported the vile practice of racist behavior. I guess it comes down to the individual, what you believe and how strong you are as a person to deal with it. The only WRONG thing in all this are the racists, and like any other form of abuse they need to be punished. Mental assault should be treated in the same way as physical assault and given severe punishments. On a side note, blatter is an idiot, a dinosaur, a throwback to a different age who cant understand modern attitudes and probable sees nothing wrong in racism perse either.

By: Wrathtard

Wrathtard — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:38:08 +0000

I didn't know you could submit a post so long! Wow!

By: Maphumulo Mthokozisi

Maphumulo Mthokozisi — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:43:10 +0000

This issue is very serious . A football is a very professional kind of sport you will ever see . There are more intelligent people who are highly paid . That may include police , security , coatches and even committees. It still remain to be a greatest embarrassment to figure out what should make someone who a spectator to abuse a player , but it is a fact that people outside of the field do harrass players. I think it a matter of lack of professional manners to our people .People must be trained to learn to respect their football stars . I have never seen a player getting dissatisfied so as to throw a bottle of water in the ground . But the great house do that to its people . The players are also part of the racism issues which are continuing to prevail in the sport fields .There was once a time on which people were taught to humble down before their own masters . But if you do not respect even your couch , you might never respect any other person indeed. This thing can creep for some number of years and it might be not a suprise to say one might end up abusing himself . Could you not agree that players who have lot self respect spectorate others infront of mllion viwers and the offmatch spectotors who are at their own home. But a question left is the one concerning , what initiative should be brought foward to intervene in restoring respect and the saftey of people's lives in the football sportgrounds. Well the solution A is alwas to increase security right from the main enterance . It does not sound good to allow the excessive use of alcohol before the match begins . People use some of the containers having been left after a dring to harrass players , referees and eve their own coaches .I am the former head of coaches at University of Natal Howard College . I do experience harrassment in the sportfield . But I feel people with no that much higher level of pride , self importance but with low level of respect and proffessional manners are liable to loose temper and thus cause disruption. People who have been harassed ( any kind of harrassment , it might be racism , stone and bottle etc) have got a chance to report to the referee. However players need to realise that their safety of their lives relies on their own level of reputation . If you are more prevalent with swearing , fighting and or diregarding your couch : things might turn against you . Football is very sexy at least to myself . But if you have lost temper even before you enter the game , you might end up doing things which may yield symptoms of madness to other people. In other hand you as a player need to be fully aware that : whilst you are playing a football , how 'well or bad' might send some instinct to other people about how employable you are even to some other countries to which you might need to go and enhance your football profession . But if your history reveal you as scoundrel , racist and a rude player : well ..it is very possible that your record might be spoilt for ever . Indeed it is very evident that a respect can restore order upon our people. I cannot figure out what might have driven a firs t man to move to the space , except that he had a vision not only to see but also to stand beyond the limit – far off distanced areas such as the moon . We might never realise what life brings to us . Let us not enter inside of our sportfield with our previous historical mentalities but let us learn to watch our silver lining. Our memories must remain young .. so that our profession may be enabled to grow foward . I still beleave that anything that excite our bodies does also excites the creator of the whole universe . By this I am not aiming to deliver any Gospel withing our sportfield but I am leaning to appease you down . You have suffered a lot from phcychological wars and now you bring it inside wrong spaces at wrong time. The world is pretty much unlimited for you . Perhaps the hunger , hatred and lack of skills have spoilt you reputation . But here is a renewn promise to you ... never stop to carry your dreams foward . Just tel yourself that you are leaving a normal life and let the fire of love of your profession , tolerance and success enter your mind . Tell yourself tha the ghinderances in front of yourself are little wonders . As a matter of fact you shall have set a record on which the future generations will have to stamble upon if they are to live their designated lives . Who else knows , today is one world and one sun and maybe tommorrow it two, three or even trillions of world in different suns . If so , why would you let those who have laid down wrong misleading assumtions to rule your lives .
Indeed life was never nor any mistake . And the fact that you are a football super star means that you had a gift and a talent as a calling to play a crucial role model in that field . Therefore begin a new struggle on which you will serve with concious mind . Before I may end this letter , it is upon my deepest willing to share pains with those who have suffered racism with sport ground . It is time to pick up and go . Life will alwas go foward no matter what may other people feel about you . You might think you are disadvantaged , dumped or unwelcomed . But you might also be very suprised to discover that there are millions and millions of people who are on your side . And those who look you down are those who are seeking to discourage your visions .
It is also my great honour to wish all African countries a very happy beginning and ending of their AFCON. I wish that their spirits may also gide them to their first ever wonderful hosting os such spectacular event . Congratulations to all of businessmen who got access to represent their own market in that moment of business extraveganza . It is possible that this might not be the first and or last time on which South aAfrica may earn such as prestige opportunity to be rendered an opportunity to host such a spectacular event . But all that would turn to be meaningless if people who reside in that country have no ability to show love , tolerance and affection to tourists who come to represent economic growth in South Africa . Let us learn to fear and respect our own occupation. The current reports on the FIFA World Cup are showing that South Africa had successfully hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup. If people on the new South Africa have to progress with their ego they shall need to begin to treat even less small matters seriously . They can only arrest serious issues if they are united. People united can never be defeated by their own problem . We shall never forget that we are in the world on which are continous competitions over opportunities . Therefore in as much as we are willing to sustain our economy , we shall learn to put people's safety and security issues first before we may think of any other issue . Thankyou ver much

By: Dr. Cajetan Coelho

Dr. Cajetan Coelho — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:32:47 +0000

Footballers from Africa are taking the Beautiful Game to the next and a higher level on our Planet. Here in Goa we have African footballers playing for Sporting Clube de Goa, Clube Vasco da Game, Sesa Goa, Salgaocar, Churchill Brothers and Indian League champions and Asian powerhouse Dempo Sports Club. In Bengal we see top African stars at Mohamedan Sporting, Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Prayag United. Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore too display African flavor year after year. Our Indian fans love watching footballers from Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Cameroon and Congo.

By: Arthur Brede

Arthur Brede — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:35:43 +0000

Blatter has to go. He may have been a good organiser in his day (I don't know – he must be where he is for something!) but he has turned into a stupid contrarian, turning down or dragging his feet on every suggestion to improve the game – goal-line technology not the least of them. And his attitude towards the British is nothing short of idiot chauvinism (the only word to express white-on-white racism). Whatever the rights and wrongs of walking off – and I tend to think, like others on this thread, that it lends power to the racists – he should have addressed it in less harsh language. If there's one thing that will wear away racism, it is time – time spent thinking before reacting, time spent in steady resistance to the thugs, time for fans to get behind players of colour who work for our teams.

And a parting thought – hats off in absolute admiration to the black players who endure Russian and Middle European 'fans' week after week in the various leagues. They earn every cent they make, twice over!

By: Football?

Football? — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:23:08 +0000

Sadly, when I read this story I thought we were talking about FOOTBALL, not this crap we call soccer... Lets get real people, It's Soccer, no one watches or cares about it!. There, I've said it, and millions of Americans can't be wrong. Don't use the name FOOTBALL when it comes to over grown sissy men (White or African American) kicking a ball into a net. That's not a game, it's an insult to the fns on the NFL.

By: rsanchez1990

rsanchez1990 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:57:14 +0000

Soccer fans are so racist, especially the EUROPEAN soccer fans! Ain't gonna see that with American professional sports.

By: wannabefurious

wannabefurious — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:59:06 +0000

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By: Nnoruka Udechukwu

Nnoruka Udechukwu — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:30:47 +0000

How does it feel being abused, ridiculed, and sniggered at by the very audience you are straining every muzzle to please and entertain ? Think about it before you condemn the one who walks off.