Racism in Soccer

Racism and Soccer has been a huge issue in Europe as of late.  This is a world wide issue and there needs to be a stop to judging someone because of the color of the skin.  I know this occurred internationally, but I am going to talk about it in this Sport and U.S. Culture blog because it still affects us here in the states. 

Footballer Mario Balotelli was a victim of racist chants in a match against Roma at their place earlier this month.  The match was temporarily suspended due to monkey chants coming from the stands.  The discrimination toward this individual is shameful especially in the 21st century.  As his coach stated, there needs to be more done in this case than just "temporarily" suspend the game for the integrity of sports and to stop racism.

FIFA stepped up to the plate and introduced bans for future occurrences.  They followed England's racism stand and implemented similar rules.  There will be a 5-game suspension for players guilty for racism and point deductions for the team who's fans are "serial offenders."  This is a huge step because FIFA is the governing body for 209 countries in which these rules will be implemented.  I tip my hat to FIFA, but these grown clowns need to grow up and stop acting like animals themselves.

Juan Covarrubias 

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