I personally think that anybody either man or women, whatever their colour should be allowed to play football at whatever level they want. It is wrong if two players have exactly the same ability but one is white and one is coloured that one of them should get chosen and not the other. However this has happened before and it should never happen again. It is not just the players on the pitch but also the fans that are in the stand. I often visit Newcastle United matches and in the stands there is plenty of abuse shouted at the players and sometimes it is racist. Young children go to matches and they hear this language and think it is ok. Is that how we want our younger generation to behave, as racists? However unless we do something drastic then that is what is going to happen.
If children hear this language at the matches they might start using it out on the streets. Certain footballers have recently been in the news because they attacked an Asian boy. In the news it was reported that they had been drinking one of the Leeds players threw a punch at the Asian and then they chased him and beat him down. No one knows why the punch was thrown but that started it all. People are saying it’s the Asians fault for fighting back but anyone would. Is that how we want our footballers to be shown, as racists. These were top class players and they brought disgrace to our nation.
However it is only a small minority of fans and players who are racists. However it is always a small minority, which can spoil it all. They could spoil the “beautiful game”.
However, it is not just the colour of a person’s skin that can cause racism but also their origin. When we have so many foreigners in our teams then the fans do shout abuse. I think that we should have a limit to how many foreigners teams can have, because soon teams like Chelsea will not have any English players left. For example now they only have about 2 English players in their starting eleven.
The next main type of racism or discrimination is sexism in football is not that common but it is still important. I believe that men and women should be equal. So when women play football the fans should not be shouting abuse. Some women find it amusing but some players will find it offensive. I have never visited a woman’s match but I have heard that people do shout abuse sometimes, at the women. Is this how we want our children to treat women, there are just as equal as us so we should give them the respect they deserve.
As always it is a small minority of people who are spoiling it for everyone else. Unless these people stop our younger generation are going to grow up thinking that it is ok to be a racist. However, as police are now starting to clamp down on racism in football and in general hopefully this will not happen. However I fear that unless we do something it will. I will leave you with this one last thought do we want our next generation to be racists?