Daily Mail Says Racism Is No Big Deal: Black Footballers Should Complain About More Important Things
by Anorak | 26th, October 2011
THE Daily Mail’s Steve Doughty will now offer his views on John Terry, Anton Ferdinand and all that alleged racism:
“Things may not be perfect but, at the end of the day, Gary, there are worse things to complain about. So, Mr Evra and Mr Ferdinand, I know you feel insulted. But perhaps in this case you could just put up with it and get on with the game.”
Now, had Terry said “Oi! Did you say Gaddafi deserved to die, you knobhead” or “Oi! Did you say I was a f*****g c*** like Steve Doughty” then those black footballers would have real grounds to complain…
Spotter: Alan Duffy at Pies
Posted: 26th, October 2011 | In: Sports Comments (4) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
October 27th, 2011 at 9:17 am
Cheryl – they earn such ridiculous, undeserved amounts of money that even heavy fines don’t bother them – they can earn in a week what it takes most of us several years to earn….
October 26th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Aren’t there any regulations in effect that if a player is charged with or commits any kind of misconduct during a game they can be heavily fined? They start hitting those players with heavy fines for any racial remarks, that might put a stop to it fast. Get them where it hurts – in their pockets.
October 26th, 2011 at 1:58 pm
During my 25 years in and around various West of Scotland amateur football leagues (hardly the playground of shrinking violets), I have only ever heard one piece of racist abuse, which was swiftly followed by a well-deserved “Glasgow kiss” from the large, mixed-race recipient of said comment – I’d like to think that any of our players, found guilty of such actions, would never wear the jersey again and good riddance. I was once called an English ****, but was able to point out to my accuser that, while I may well have been a ****, I was a Welsh ****, which seemed to satisfy him – sectarian abuse, sadly, is a whole different kettle of fish up here and several opponents have openly wondered why a team, wearing blue and orange, had so many “left-footers”. Go figure, as our American friends would say.
October 26th, 2011 at 1:40 pm
he won’t mind being referred to as an ignorant white tosser then…..?