We're in August, so the domestic season in Brazil is going on strong, even though the European season has just begun.
And we've already had a referee on each continent use the new anti-racism measures to stop a match and demand an end to homophobic chants in the match.
The first one was in France. The one in the article was Vasco de Gama fans raining down homophobia on players from Sao Paulo.
The new FIFA anti-racism rules are a three-step process:
- If a referee witnesses any infringing conduct by the fans, the match stops. The referee then warns the home side to get the fans under control.
- If it happens again, the match stops again.
- If, at any point after that, the conduct continues, 3-0 to the away side.
Not enough. But Brazil may have something more should consider...
Brazil has it's own sporting court, the SJTD (translated to English as the Superior Sports Justice Court. Brazil has already put into place, for both racism and homophobia, rules that the SJTD can step in and issue points deductions in the event of such misconduct by the fans.
And, apparently (my Portuguese is not that strong, but I think I got it through context from this Portuguese-language site), the court is doing just that!
No comments:
Post a Comment