Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Foreign soccer players in foreign leagues to get cultural lessons over alleged racism-BBC

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This article is about alleged racism in soccer leagues outside the US. They use the term 'football' for their game.

12/11/12, "Foreign players to get cultural lessons to tackle racism," BBC Sport

"Football's governing bodies are considering the introduction of cultural lessons for foreign players as part of a series of measures to tackle the recent increase in racially related offences in the English game. ...

The move is a direct reaction to the controversial racism case last year involving Liverpool's Luis Suarez, who was banned for eight games by the Football Association for racially abusing Manchester United player Patrice Evra.

Suarez admitted calling Evra a "negrito" but claimed in his disciplinary hearing that this was not racist as it was a term widely used in his home country of Uruguay. 

The FA dismissed the argument but by proposing the crash course in English life there is an acknowledgment that more needs to be done to help educate the significant number of overseas players, particularly in the tinder box atmosphere of the Premier League.

The percentage of foreign players in the Premier League is falling but is still more than 60%, while in the Football League it is 20%."....

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