Stricter Responses for Racism in Football

I remember the day Italy beat England 3-2 on penalties , like it was yesterday not because of the loss , but because of the aftermath of Saka and Rashford’s terror. Anyone in that situation would have felt extremely endangered, let alone a nineteen year old (at the time). The whole nation watched this delinquency . How would you feel being attacked just because of the colour of your skin?

Imagine you’re a football player and you’ve experienced racial abuse… how would you feel? What would you do?

We want football clubs to have harsher restrictions so that football players feel comfortable and protected whilst playing for their teams. This is because no one should have to go through this as it can be a disempowering experience.I believe that football clubs should have first and second warnings to fans who are racists towards players. Their first warning should be a year ban and if they do this again they should get a life time ban as this is affecting players mental health.

As a rule the FA has an anti-racism education pack produced by Show Racism the Red Card which aims to familiarise young people with the causes and consequences of racism as well as helping them to develop good relationships and respect the differences between people, regardless of ethnicity. Unfortunately this is ineffective as it is not a law to hate crime, however the Equalities Act of 2010 is supposed to protect people from experiencing racism and discrimination.

We are lobbying Peter McCormick (Chairman of the FA) , in order for change to occur so that stricter measures are taken when racial incidents happen.

Sign my petition if you want Peter McCormick to know that we all agree that we should have harsher restrictions.