Written by Is Blatter A Racist Or A Deluded Old Man?
Sepp Blatter, fresh from attempting to reorganise FIFA with the clever addition of covering all his own tracks in the process, has unwisely decided to dip his toe into an extremely hot potato (if you’ll pardon the mixed metaphor).
In recent weeks the English Premier League has encountered two possible on-field racist incidents – one involving John Terry against Anton Ferdinand and the other Luis Suarez against Patrice Evra. Both incidents are rightly being investigated by the police and the scrutiny on the matter in the U.K. has been enormous.
John Terry & Anton Ferdinand
So, when every football fan on the planet is aware that racism exists to some degree on the football pitch, why would Blatter say of racism: “I would deny it. There is no racism.” Thee idiotic comments were immediately seized upon by players and football authorities who rightly argue that Blatter has gone about as far as he can go in the game of football and perhaps it’s time to quit. Blatter went on to suggest that football is somehow above the law, that racial abuse is OK during the match and that everyone can shake hands and forget all about it at the end of the game.
Time To Stand Down?
Blatter may well argue that his comments are been seized upon by the British media and that other countries may agree with him; however that doesn’t make it right and several global football organisations have spent years trying to eradicate the problem. Blatter’s ludicrous witterings don’t help anyone and may even set back the cause.
It’s becoming pretty clear that Blatter is an old, old man who has lost his way; his are views from the 1970s and absolutely inappropriate for the leader of the most powerful football organisation on the planet. We’ve had the corruption, the bribery, the forcing out of FIFA of former members of his nasty little cabal and now this ridiculous nonsense. If Blatter can’t be forced out because of years of overseeing an organisation which was plainly criminal and unfit for purpose, maybe this will be the final straw.
