
It was effective in achieving greater awareness and adding pressure on authorities to do more.

The campaign was a coordinated effort between players and the players’ association. In response, players – in collaboration with the PFA – boycotted social media for 24 hours as part of the # Enough campaign after a number of high-profile incidents of racial abuse against players. Rose was “ lost for words” at the light punishment UEFA fined Montenegro €20,000 as a result. Rose’s comments came after being racially abused by away fans during England’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Montenegro. Last season, Danny Rose revealed he has “had enough” and “can’t wait to see the back of ”. Where fans conduct themselves in this way, clubs must ensure they have adequate systems in place to identify guilty parties to (a) ban them from matches, and (b) refer them onto the police. The effect of this should be greater than merely fining a club a “ pittance”, as described by Ian Wright. The FA’s decision imposes practical obligations on Millwall so that the club can improve its current practices, improve awareness and introduce systems to identify and hold fans accountable for their behaviour.
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#KICK IT SPORT CODE#
FIFA’s code now contains specific language, which includes sexual orientation as a type of discrimination. FIFA will also invite victims of abuse to provide witness statements to the disciplinary panel. This summer, FIFA increased its minimum ban for incidents of discrimination to 10 matches. This has been increased to a minimum of six matches and now also covers any discrimination aimed at a person’s gender, sexuality, religious beliefs or disability.Ĭonsistent with the previous rules, where a player is found guilty of a second offence, a 10-match ban (as a minimum) will be imposed. Since 2013, players guilty of racism have been banned for five matches under FA Rule E3(3). Perhaps most notably, the FA has increased the minimum ban for racist abuse. The FA has introduced various new rules ahead of the start of the 2019/20 season. This begs the question, what are the footballing authorities, clubs, players and fans doing to combat discrimination in football?

It is the seventh consecutive year that reported incidents of discrimination in football have increased. Meanwhile, reports of faith-based discrimination rose by 75% from 36 instances to 63. By Jack Blakey on AugPosted in Football, Rules and regulationsĪ report from Kick It Out, the anti-discrimination charity, found that reports of racism in English football rose by 43% last season, from 192 instances to 274.
