Popular Post Scott Posted February 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2023 Referees in Italy’s top football league give more yellow and red cards to Black and darker-skinned players than to their light-skinned teammates, research shows. Officials in Serie A awarded an average of 20% more fouls per season against darker-skinned players from 2009 to 2019, with 11% more yellow cards and 16% more red cards. But during the Covid-19 pandemic, when matches were played in empty stadiums, there was no bias in the way referees treated players. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/25/italys-referees-punish-more-dark-skinned-footballers-than-light 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steve187 Posted February 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2023 maybe they are the ones committing the offences 3 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SunnyinBangrak Posted February 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2023 Must be racism by the refs? I wonder if any refs were themselves "dark skinned"?, that would throw a proper spanner into the narrative. The sensible solution here is to stop giving yellow or red cards to "dark skinned" players for a year and see how it goes. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placeholder Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 50 minutes ago, steve187 said: maybe they are the ones committing the offences 36 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said: Must be racism by the refs? I wonder if any refs were themselves "dark skinned"?, that would throw a proper spanner into the narrative. The sensible solution here is to stop giving yellow or red cards to "dark skinned" players for a year and see how it goes. I hope it's the case that neither of you actually read the article. Otherwise you would know that your questions were accounted for in the article. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 (edited) 59 minutes ago, placeholder said: I hope it's the case that neither of you actually read the article. Otherwise you would know that your questions were accounted for in the article. don't read the guardian. ok following your post i read it i won't get that 2 minutes back Edited February 26, 2023 by steve187 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayinThailand2much Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Wonder, if it is the same in Thailand, considering the cult of 'white skin'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Crowds influence the referees' decisions, as there was no difference with no crowd. What exactly is the Guardian trying to say - Italians don't like black people ? And what are they going to do about it? Do it US style and start a blackplayersmatter campaign? Nonsense, let society evolve in the way it wants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, Neeranam said: Crowds influence the referees' decisions, as there was no difference with no crowd. What exactly is the Guardian trying to say - Italians don't like black people ? And what are they going to do about it? Do it US style and start a blackplayersmatter campaign? Nonsense, let society evolve in the way it wants. I recommend reading the article. English league football games were plagued with racism coming from a small but vociferous and often violent group of people attending games, ostensibly as ‘fans’. Identifying and calling out their behaviour, with clubs, player, mangers, fans and the football association all acting to rid the game of racism has very positive developments for the sport and those who enjoy it. The ‘let society evolve as it wants’ is exactly what happened, people spoke up and did something about a problem, journalists and newspapers played their part too. The Italians would do well to learn from the response of UK football to racism. Bring it back to an inclusive game that parents are happy to bring their children along to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placeholder Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 1 hour ago, steve187 said: don't read the guardian. ok following your post i read it i won't get that 2 minutes back Thank you for your insightful and revealing critique of the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placeholder Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Here is a link to the original research on which the Guardian article is based. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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