Pages

Wednesday, 4 April 2012

UEFA's Double Standards

Is UEFA really saying NO to racism?  
UEFA teams up with European Commission against racism in sport
(euronews.com)


                                                                                           Man City complain about racist conduct
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Im sure by now the story of Mario Balloteli being racialy abused by Porto fans is not new to anyone. Now whatever Mario's shortcomings racism is something that should be discouraged anywhere in society, not just in football. It is shocking to hear that all Porto recived was a smack on the the wrist with a mere 20 000 Euro fine. UEFA always communicates the message that racism is something that they do not tolerate and engages in many various campagns to reinforce this message. Howerver taking what has happened with Porto as our latest peace of evidence we can see that what UEFA say and what they do are two VERY differnt things. On an issue that UEFA is meant to have zero tolerance about they fine a club about half a weeks worth of wages of one of its players. Has Porto or its fans learned anything from this? SURE, they have learned that they can behave in a dispicable manner and get away with it.



  Another fine and touchline ban for Arsene!?
guardian.co.uk
The story however doesnt end here, Porto get a smack on the wrist for racism but flip the coin to Arsenal's side and it is clear that using double standards is how UEFA plan to operate. I was supprised when I read Arseblog to find out that the same governing body that dishes out a mere 20 000 Euro fine for racist conduct dishes out a 40 000 Euro fine for disagreeing with a referee. This is what Arsene Wenger got and he even recieved a three game touchline ban to boot! So what UEFA is saying here is that in football the fans of clubs can be racist, but if a club and its mananger dare to have an oppinion then that is just not tolerated. The results of having an oppinion and communicating it should be so severe that clubs or manangers dare not question often very questionable conduct from UEFA and match officials etc.

Well it certainly seems like UEFA has their priorities in the right place (sacasm) restricting any negative communication towards them but allowing for something as unruly as racist conduct to constantly permeate football. The irony, oh the irony! Not long ago Chelsea captain John Terry was too accused of racist condut but I suppose according to UEFA standards its ok as the message he communicated was "hey i'm racist" and not "sorry UEFA I don't agree with one of your match officials."
Posted by at

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous6 April 2012 at 14:13

    Hi how are you?

    I was looking through your blog, and I found it interesting, and inspiring to me, so I thought why not post a comment.

    I have blogs also obviously, and would like to invite you to become my blog friend.

    I mostly post about the California experience through the perspective of personal writings, and my art.

    Maybe you can become my friend, and follow, and I can also follow you, if that is okay.

    Well I hope to hear from you soon… :)

    Jesse Noe Mendez

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Unknown11 April 2012 at 11:43

      Hi jesse, your comment is much appreciated, I am glad you found my blog interesting. I would love to read your blogs about the California experiance and sure there is absolutely no problem with becoming blog friends and following each others blogs... :)

      Delete
  2. Seth Maphike18 April 2012 at 01:13

    Its very disturbing that such evil is creeping in our beloved game. Also touched on this issue in my blogs: http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7334641104687160525#editor/target=post;postID=6004991495487517581

    http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7334641104687160525#editor/target=post;postID=8919169357860344661

    http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7334641104687160525#editor/target=post;postID=2912855772597046607

    True, the FA & UEFA must be uniform on this.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Unknown18 April 2012 at 12:01

      You are quite right Seth it is a most undesirable practice. No one expects racism to dissapear over night but for a game like football, in which the best player to ever play the game was dark skinned. Well I just hoped that it could be football that sets the example for the rest of the world. I will definately take a look at your blogs

      Delete
  3. Dudu ngobeni20 April 2012 at 07:09

    soccer is seen as one of the most uniting sport, its sad to see that race is still an issue to some players, its totally unacceptable.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Unknown21 April 2012 at 07:05

    I couldn't agree with you more Dudu, for a game that brings people together like football does it is sad to see something as negative as racism still highy present in the beautiful game.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)