Sky Sports is annoying at the best of times but their growing obsession with racism is getting out of control.
They are on a crusade, it seems, to highlight the problem.

Is it a coincidence that there has been an apparent rise in racist incidents since the media has been obsessing about it? I think not. I think they are fanning the flames of anti social race related behaviour by drawing attention to it. After all, those kinds of yobbish antics have been occurring at football and elsewhere ever since I can remember. Is it really at epidemic levels compared to the seventies for example? I don't think so.

It seems obvious to me that aside from the media obsession, the obvious cause of increased 'racism' is vastly increased numbers of immigrants and in football specifically, the vastly increased number of non white players.
It really doesn't take much working out. The numbers of non white players in bygone decades were tiny compared to now.

We now have 24 hour news that is desperate to make a mountain out of a molehill and race is the perfect agenda.

Anyone else sick of the circus?

It must be a turn off for loads of people.

For SKY, it is a good filler for the days when no one has died.

I haven’t noticed any increased racism at football.

I think I’d notice if part of a squad with cliques of more black players than before.

I did notice Adebayor’s complete lack of taste though, as I would’ve done with some former white footballers. Barry Venison? He surely must be skint. Should’ve stuck with wardrobe staples.

COYP

What is this based on? I can’t claim to regularly go on their website, but I just loaded it and couldn’t see any race-related stories.

Do you not think we should be aiming a bit higher than ‘it’s not that bad compared to the 70s’?

I have SKY Sports on a lot as background TV so I see a lot of what they broadcast.

My point in summary is that racism is no worse than it has ever been and at a time when you would expect there to be more instances due to the vastly larger number of non white players.
I believe that the constant media obsession is about sensationalism and coverage and less about proper context.

This is from the man who believed that Liam Neeson should have his life ruined for being honest about his feelings 40 years ago.
Only a tiny percentage of football fans would ever shout racist abuse and that has largely been the case forever.
Why give those people air time when such idiocy has and will exist all the time humans exist?
In my opinion, ceasing coverage of these isolated incidents will do more to reduce them than giving them daily exposure.
It's for the same reason that they promote women's sport. It's just to entice more viewers to watch advertising.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (11 Feb 2019 7.44pm)