Over the years we have seen sporadic and
isolated incidents of racism in football.
#FIFA the governing body introduced Article 3, which clearly outlines
its commitment to eradicate the sport from any form of discrimination against a
country, individual or group of people based on their race, skin colour,
gender, political opinion, sexual orientation or wealth, birth and other status
etc…
How do we eliminate discrimination and bullying in
football? A good place to start is at
home, family networks, our schools and most definitely at community level. The fact is, the problem is bigger than
football. More sporting bodies should
articulate their uncompromising position with regards to discrimination and
bullying. We have witnessed or heard
about the ability of sports to unify people, diverse groupings and countries
despite the perceive differences, which might be prevalent. How do you sustain this unifying ability, beyond
the sporting events?
The #FIFA 2014 World Cup in #Brazil have delivered
some amazing football. Most of the
crowds at the various stadiums were sitting on the edge of their seats with
excitement, anticipation and absorbed by the quality football entertainment. Their reactions can only be described as “male-biting”,
apology, nail-biting.
The question now is, how this unfortunate
incident (male-biting), which occurred during the tournament, in full view
of millions across the globe; be leveraged by #FIFA as an example of its intent
to rid the game of individuals, teams, or nations who are bringing the sport
into disrepute.
Well done to #Brazil…you have been great hosts this
far!
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