Carnage in Serbia

[Royal Flush]

Everyone is aware of how much money is involved in football; the likes of Rooney, Tevez, Terry etc etc etc are all on 100-150k+ a week.

Kick it Out facts :

In season 2010-11 the organisation had an annual budget of £453,913

Hard to suggest that's not a bit of a joke with regards to a serious issue.

That makes no sense. The amount the players earn has nothing to do with how much money is needed to fund an anti-racism campaign.

[Royal Flush]

 Surely if this is a democracy then the players should have the right to opt in and out of these campaigns.  

What?? You work for somebody they issue a company directive that you are to do something (you are contracted to this company) and you disobey a direct order from your boss. Do you just turn around and tell your boss 'Sorry but it's a democracy"

[AceHighSuited]

 Surely if this is a democracy then the players should have the right to opt in and out of these campaigns.  

What?? You work for somebody they issue a company directive that you are to do something (you are contracted to this company) and you disobey a direct order from your boss. Do you just turn around and tell your boss 'Sorry but it's a democracy"

If my boss ordered me to do something motivated by politics that was unrelated to my job I would tell him to go fuck himself.

[MANTIS01]

Pretty confusing company directive for LFC employees. Here, wear this anti-racism t-shirt. Next week, here wear this Luis Suarez t-shirt.

[AceHighSuited]

Pretty confusing company directive for LFC employees. Here, wear this anti-racism t-shirt. Next week, here wear this Luis Suarez t-shirt.

Liverpool, Chelsea and Swindon were the ones that jumped out at me given some of their employees.

[AndrewT]

This anti-racism campaign has had orders of magnitude more exposure this year that every other year - they should organise a boycott every year.

[kinboshi]

Jason Roberts says kick Kick It Out out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19994204

I understand his frustrations, but not quite sure what stance he's taking by potentially not supporting 'Kick it Out'?  Although by boycotting them, he'll raise the profile of the campaign, so it will actually help in that way.

This anti-racism campaign has had orders of magnitude more exposure this year that every other year - they should organise a boycott every year.

You could even say it was 'planned'...

[The Baron]

Pretty confusing company directive for LFC employees. Here, wear this anti-racism t-shirt. Next week, here wear this Luis Suarez t-shirt.

Not really, the players chose to wear Suarez t-shirts.

[Teacake]

sweet potata! I wouldn't worry bout camel 90% of his posts are classic troll'ivision, i like how he reversed it back on you...

90% is a bit harsh but he does have previous for luring goats across bridges.

[mondatoo]

Everyone is aware of how much money is involved in football; the likes of Rooney, Tevez, Terry etc etc etc are all on 100-150k+ a week.

Kick it Out facts :

In season 2010-11 the organisation had an annual budget of £453,913

Hard to suggest that's not a bit of a joke with regards to a serious issue.

That makes no sense. The amount the players earn has nothing to do with how much money is needed to fund an anti-racism campaign.

You don't think it's relevant how much money is involved in the game in comparison to that budget ?

Clubs say that this is an important issue to them, if so why don't they help towards the budget since it's a miniscule amount in comparsion ?

Players say that it's a very important issue to them, if so then why don't they give 10% of one weeks wage a year, that would increase the budget ten fold ?

[The Baron]

Does anybody else see a problem with KIO being, in part, funded by the Premier League?

[The Baron]

To quote Kin:

In the season 2010/11, the organisation had an annual budget of £453,913

Of that, £330,000 came from the Football Association, the Premier League and the Professional Footballers' Association

[Tal]

Kick it out and the other organisations aren't the problem.

Until attitudes change about how people should behave on and off the pitch, it will only ever have a small impact.

That sounds twee. What I mean is that most right thinking folk find abhorrent things abhorrent. The difficulty is how far you go in the company of others to say "No. That's out of order".

Chappie who ran onto the pitch to push Chris Kirkland in the face will get out of prison in a couple of months and will likely not need to buy a drink in his local that night.

FWIW, I've not seen many people drink ten pints of cider, however much vodka and whatever else his solicitors informed the court he'd drunk before the match and run with such ease and alacrity. But if he did and has absolutely no memory of doing it, as he said, so be it.

Players are commodities far above employees, so I have to disagree with Royal Flush's comparison (although perhaps only made loosely). It means that clubs are quick to protect - vocally, often - their assets, however negatively some people view that.

This isn't new but publicity and spotlight have exacerbated the problem.

I don't think it reflects badly on Ferdinand or Roberts. I think it should make the sport consider why there remains such discontentment with the Terry and Suarez cases.

Everything in all these respects seems to be better than it ever has been, that said.

[TightEnd]

Suspended at home for racial abuse - Chelsea captain abroad tonight, with an anti-racism armband. Tonight must be the nadir in the John Terry saga.

[kinboshi]

Suspended at home for racial abuse - Chelsea captain abroad tonight, with an anti-racism armband. Tonight must be the nadir in the John Terry saga.

Who is Nadir, and are you sure he's a friend of Terry's?