I'm sorry but the Italian FA might as well just spit on this campaign.
Either we're going to be serious about eradicating racism out of football or we're just doing this campaign for good PR.
Lazio were fined about 20 thousand dollars today for the racist chanting of their so-called fans directed at Mario Balloteli recently.
No , really ... Twenty thousand dollars .
Small pocket change for professional footballers today.
How the feck is this even a punishment? This is even less than a slap on the wrist! And those fans responsible for this horrible behaviour , where's the accountability for them?
We have our own problems with racism in football in this country but at least we seem to tackle them head on ... In some of these other places it's not such a serious issue for them.
Samuel Eto'o walked off the pitch years ago and I remember what a huge global story that was. It's a bit surprising that we really haven't seen another such action since. It might take a few of those moments to perhaps force real culture change around Europe.
FIFA ou UEFA should start coming down real hard on some of these federations for the absolute joke they're making of this campaign.
Kick it out campaign
posted on 8/1/20
20k is a lot of money and equal to the offence to be honest.
posted on 8/1/20
Frankly i'm not even sure it's fair the clubs get fined at all. What are they supposed to do exactly?
If I owned a shop and one of my customers called someone else in my shop a n****r without any provocation or encouragement from me I'd feel seriously hard done by.
posted on 8/1/20
comment by Take Mahomes, Country Roads... SUPER EUROPEAN... (U3979)
posted 7 minutes ago
Why is a fine issued in Europe to a club in Europe by a European authority, being discussed in England in dollars?
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Because most of us live in the real world
posted on 8/1/20
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 8 minutes ago
20k is a lot of money and equal to the offence to be honest.
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Wow
posted on 8/1/20
comment by comic book guy (U17816)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 8 minutes ago
20k is a lot of money and equal to the offence to be honest.
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Wow
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Well it's not the club that has committed the offence, is it? It's really a matter for the police.
posted on 8/1/20
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posted on 8/1/20
comment by comic book guy (U17816)
posted 21 minutes ago
comment by Take Mahomes, Country Roads... SUPER EUROPEAN... (U3979)
posted 7 minutes ago
Why is a fine issued in Europe to a club in Europe by a European authority, being discussed in England in dollars?
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Because most of us live in the real world
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People who live in America and use dollars = 300,000,000.
People who live in the world = 7,000,000,000.
Not sure that equals most?
posted on 8/1/20
Canadians and Australians use dollars too
posted on 8/1/20
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posted on 8/1/20
A lack of understanding of racism is behind this type of occurrence. As you can see there are some on this thread that don't get it