There is no room for racism but yet it still plagues the Premier League and other leagues across Europe. What will it take to clamp down on the issue?
A host of racism problems have surfaced in recent days, weeks and months. The most recent being Manchester United, Chelsea and West Brom players who have received abuse on social media – but there have been much more incidents taking place, so much that there are actually too many to name in one post.
In one week, yes one week, there have been five players who were subject to online cyber bullying. Thos players were Manchester United trio, Axel Tuanzebe, Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford. Then there was Chelsea defender Reece James and West Brom’s Romaine Sawyers.
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"Chelsea defender Reece James, West Brom’s Romaine Sawyers and United’s Axel Tuanzebe and Anthony Martial have also been targeted this week.Manchester United have confirmed that the insults were of a similar nature to those received by the club’s other players earlier in the week.Marcus Rashford becomes the third Manchester United player this week to be subjected to racial abuse on social media after Axel Tuanzebe and Anthony Martial were targeted following the defeat to Sheffield United on Wednesday (Via: Sky Sports)"
Ian Write touched on the subject of racism in the Premier League
The Arsenal legend, Ian Write, spoke about the issue that has overtaken a week and weekend of some amazing football. In fact, it has been a gloomy cloud looming over the league for decades.
Write spoke highly of the league’s decision makers and feels they are trying all the can in fighting the issue. He labelled their work as “amazing” so far.
But his biggest concern is all the social media platforms that have shown no change in how they deal with these setbacks and feel they are doing little to almost nothing to start tightening up on the problem.
🗣 @IanWright0 praises the #PL for helping track down online abusers but insists social media companies must do more to tackle racism
— Premier League (@premierleague) January 31, 2021
There is #NoRoomForRacism. Anywhere. pic.twitter.com/saDlzVeShS
So far all that has come from the indecent acts… Perpetrators’ accounts have been decommissioned, stating further action will be taken once they complete their investigations.
Beyond this, Oliver Dowden, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport wants to have a “roundtable” discussion with footballers on how they can tackle this together moving forward.
A solution must be found and consequences must be faced! It is that simple. Read the full story on Sky Sports here and you can read The Top Flight’s take here.