FA make a statement

[sinkov]

I have some sympathy for the FA, the PC Brigade have them firmly in their sites, so they have to be seen to be playing the game just to keep them off their back, they can hardly do otherwise. Ordinary people in the real world just treat statements like theirs with the contempt they deserve.

[Altobelli]

I have some sympathy for the FA, the PC Brigade have them firmly in their sites, so they have to be seen to be playing the game just to keep them off their back, they can hardly do otherwise. Ordinary people in the real world just treat statements like theirs with the contempt they deserve.

I have no sympathy for anyone who continues to go with the flow of something because it appears to be "in fashion" (for the want of a better term), it will not get any better while everyone goes with this immature and pathetic stance, it will take an honest and logical statement from a big organisation saying that PC has gone too far and not everything that happens is Racist, the FA have gone with the flow (which is a common factor for them) and in my book made them look what they are, Fools, I don't care who the PC brigade have in their sites, its long past the time that this stupidity should be fronted with common sense, or is most people to scared to speak their minds nowadays ? because that's what it looks like.

[sinkov]

I have no sympathy for anyone who continues to go with the flow of something because it appears to be "in fashion" (for the want of a better term), it will not get any better while everyone goes with this immature and pathetic stance, it will take an honest and logical statement from a big organisation saying that PC has gone too far and not everything that happens is Racist, the FA have gone with the flow (which is a common factor for them) and in my book made them look what they are, Fools, I don't care who the PC brigade have in their sites, its long past the time that this stupidity should be fronted with common sense, or is most people to scared to speak their minds nowadays ? because that's what it looks like.

It's not quite so simple Alto, the FA aren't being PC compliant because it's fashionable, it's because the government has told them that if they don't get their house in order on racism, ***ism, homophobic abuse, equality etc, you know, all the usual PC ****e, then the government will withhold up to £30m of grant money. That money keeps the game going at grassroots level, the FA simply cannot risk losing that money, it would be a disaster for the amateur game so, whether they like it or not, they have to jump through the PC hoops to keep the money the game depends on coming in.
So they throw the book at Andre Gray for homophobic tweets, they declare our behaviour unacceptable, while black players are allowed to play the race card with impunity. I don't like it one little bit, but I can understand why they have to do it, and it's why I have some sympathy for them. Just the way it is in this lunatic asylum we live in.

[Supersub6]

It's not quite so simple Alto, the FA aren't being PC compliant because it's fashionable, it's because the government has told them that if they don't get their house in order on racism, ***ism, homophobic abuse, equality etc, you know, all the usual PC ****e, then the government will withhold up to £30m of grant money. That money keeps the game going at grassroots level, the FA simply cannot risk losing that money, it would be a disaster for the amateur game so, whether they like it or not, they have to jump through the PC hoops to keep the money the game depends on coming in.
So they throw the book at Andre Gray for homophobic tweets, they declare our behaviour unacceptable, while black players are allowed to play the race card with impunity. I don't like it one little bit, but I can understand why they have to do it, and it's why I have some sympathy for them. Just the way it is in this lunatic asylum we live in.

Unfortunately, sinkov, you are very correct in what you state. Conform and get the money is basically what the FA are up against, mind you, I still think that it suits their agenda.

[Altobelli]

It's not quite so simple Alto, the FA aren't being PC compliant because it's fashionable, it's because the government has told them that if they don't get their house in order on racism, ***ism, homophobic abuse, equality etc, you know, all the usual PC ****e, then the government will withhold up to £30m of grant money. That money keeps the game going at grassroots level, the FA simply cannot risk losing that money, it would be a disaster for the amateur game so, whether they like it or not, they have to jump through the PC hoops to keep the money the game depends on coming in.

I see your point, but being blackmailed in such a way does not make it right, all the FA had to do was make a statement to the fact that booing is a part of the sport and in no way racist, especially in this instant, but instead have towed the absurd line which does not address the matter at all.

Like I have said, its time someone stood up against this overly miss use of PC and being pedantic with words and gestures, the FA are not fit for purpose IMO and should have worded it better with the merit it deserved and seeing as the FA are the Governing Body of our game they again fell short of their duties with just steamrolling into it without thought or consideration which is the usual actions for most things they do.

The £30 Million Carrot being dangled by the Government for "grass roots football" does not wash with me, all it takes is common sense and proper, direct and honest wording, if the FA cannot do this they need replacing, and have needed replacing for many years now.

Grass roots Football does not get enough money full stop, if the Government did stop this £30 Million, then grass roots would get it another way by bypassing the FA, which in my eyes would be better option.

[Supersub6]

I agree with some of that OC, however, I do not agree that Jay did wrong by holding his nose, particularly, after Bong had been right in his face.
There has always been banter in football and holding your nose to say a player's breath stinks is very mild to some of the stuff which was said and done when I was playing as a semi-professional back in the 1960s and 1970s.
You just got on with things and gave as good as you got, although I felt sorry for some of the lads I played with and against because they did suffer blatant racial abuse of the sort you read about in those days.

Bong was a victim of booing because he has pursued his agenda in the local press and on social media even after the verdict of not proven was given, he should have let it drop and it would have died a natural death in time.

I did not boo and would not, however, it was obvious that he would come in for some sort of treatment at the Turf after he continued to cast aspersions even after receiving an apology from Jay for his making the sign etc., such is the nature of football crowds.

Remember who it was that started the racist chants at the match --so it appears now that if you boo any opposition player for any reason and he is not English you can be held to be racist by the opposition fans and the FA.
Hughton, Bong, Brighton fans, the FA and the media are ensuring that this continues to run because the booing by some Burnley fans ceased at the final whistle.

So what happens on Sunday if Lacazette commits a nasty foul and the Burnley fans boo him --will they be charged as being racist on account that they are booing another black player and that will be two weeks running so that proves it.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I'm scratching my head to try and remember the last time we singled out any player for dog's abuse other than Fat Boy Slim from Blackburn and he doesn't count!

I listened to the Bong interview last night and he comes across as just another sanctimonious prick with a chip on his shoulder.

Sorry, but I ain't being told who I can applaud or berate at a football match.

Monkey chants however are way out of line and I am really surprised that is even being alleged. Bong carrying on his racial persecution theory perhaps?

It is remarkable that no other player on the field seems to have heard it.

[oldcolner]

Dare I say that Tony Scholes let’s them have it with both barrels.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/albi...ong_statement/

[sinkov]

Good on the Fat Controller, it's time someone got our side of the story into the media. I could put it even more succinctly than Scholes, Bong wasn't booed because he is black, he wasn't booed because he accused Jay of making racist remarks, he was booed because his published remarks after the hearing mark him out as a cnut. And cnuts get booed.

[Supersub6]

Some of the comments are crazy with one bloke saying he lived up here and went to football at Blackburn and everyone is a racist etc., etc. and then there is Ernie Wilson who is obviously somewhere near the back of the queue when brains were dished out.
Football fans eh lol