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 PalazioVecchio  south pole 02 Sep 20 3.48pm |
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Originally posted by martin2412
perhaps they should look at the demographics of who actually attend football matches - white males are the majority of paying customers I would say. Edited by martin2412 (02 Sep 2020 2.38pm) Women watch fashion programmes and pay good money. But not all the fashion presenters are women
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martin2412  Living The Dream 02 Sep 20 4.01pm |
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Originally posted by PalazioVecchio
Women watch fashion programmes and pay good money. But not all the fashion presenters are women That's down to them. I don't want to watch mens football programmes with women at the helm or on the panel. And Gok Wan is nearly a woman.
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| IMpalace London 02 Sep 20 4.14pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Isn't it? I thought that SSN was for the general public, not current professional footballers. Do you see the problem? You can't have your cake and eat it. You can't employ this type of doublethink hypocrisy and not expect resistance. I think it is the relevant stat. I was working on the assumption that we were aiming for equal representation of ex pro's, on the basis that I don't think white or black presenters are any by definition any better than each other at the job i.e. you would expect a split of pundits which is similar to the split of ex pro's. Based on the above comment, I think you are saying we should be matching the skin colour of the presenters to those watching?
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| ambrose7 Croydon 02 Sep 20 4.15pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
Well I am fairly sure they will not be replaced by 3 white men who have played at a high level and are steeped in knowledge of the game and with the ability to provide insight as well as entertainment. Edited by Willo (02 Sep 2020 1.38pm) Perhaps not, they may be replaced by 2 white men and 1 black man who have played at a high level and are steeped in knowledge of the game, perhaps more recent knowledge, and with the ability to provide insight as well as entertainment. There are far more people than Charlie Nichols, Matt Le Tissier and Phil Thompson that fit that criteria. Believe it or not, there are also people who aren't white men that fit that criteria. Yes, black people can be good at football, insightful and entertaining! A black candidate who gets the job may be better than a white candidate that didn't! It would be helpful if this thread clearly decoupled race and ability. It'd be extremely disappointing (read discriminatory) if Sky brought in three people of different races and the ones who weren't white start off with a greater level of scrutiny on them. Their ability is quite simply all that matters. At the moment your insinuation is that the presence of anything other than a white male means that person is there because of their appearance, that it couldn't possibly be because of their ability. Edited by ambrose7 (02 Sep 2020 5.19pm)
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| martin2412 Living The Dream 02 Sep 20 4.29pm |
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Originally posted by ambrose7
Perhaps not, they may be replaced by 2 white men and 1 black man who have played at a high level and are steeped in knowledge of the game, perhaps more recent knowledge, and with the ability to provide insight as well as entertainment. There are far more people than Charlie Nichols, Matt Le Tissier and Phil Thompson that fit that criteria. Believe it or not, there are also people who aren't white men that fit that criteria. Yes, black people can be good at football, insightful and entertaining! Potentially even more so than a white candidate! It would be helpful if this thread clearly decoupled race and ability. It'd be extremely disappointing (read discriminatory) if Sky brought in three people of different races and the ones who weren't white start off with a greater level of scrutiny on them. Their ability is quite simply all that matters. At the moment your insinuation is that the presence of anything other than a white male means that person is there because of their appearance, that it couldn't possibly be because of their ability. Edited by ambrose7 (02 Sep 2020 4.20pm) Are you saying then that the three who were sacked didn't have ability ? I think they did but were too white.
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jeeagles  02 Sep 20 4.32pm |
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Originally posted by martin2412
If Sky intend to replace Le Tissier, Nicholas and Thompson with what they feel are more relevant people who watch football nowadays, perhaps they should look at the demographics of who actually attend football matches - white males are the majority of paying customers I would say. Edited by martin2412 (02 Sep 2020 2.38pm) It’s comments like that which deter people from different backgrounds going to football matches. The colour of the crowd inside and outside Selhurst Park shows there is a problem with integration. The cause of the problems are complicated. The fuss being made by some over the possibility of people from different backgrounds is incredible. It’s like reading a script for Borat in some cases.
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| martin2412 Living The Dream 02 Sep 20 4.45pm |
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Originally posted by jeeagles
It’s comments like that which deter people from different backgrounds going to football matches. The colour of the crowd inside and outside Selhurst Park shows there is a problem with integration. The cause of the problems are complicated. The fuss being made by some over the possibility of people from different backgrounds is incredible. It’s like reading a script for Borat in some cases.
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| NEILLO Shoreham-by-Sea 02 Sep 20 4.57pm |
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Originally posted by ambrose7
Perhaps not, they may be replaced by 2 white men and 1 black man who have played at a high level and are steeped in knowledge of the game, perhaps more recent knowledge, and with the ability to provide insight as well as entertainment. There are far more people than Charlie Nichols, Matt Le Tissier and Phil Thompson that fit that criteria. Believe it or not, there are also people who aren't white men that fit that criteria. Yes, black people can be good at football, insightful and entertaining! Potentially even more so than a white candidate! It would be helpful if this thread clearly decoupled race and ability. It'd be extremely disappointing (read discriminatory) if Sky brought in three people of different races and the ones who weren't white start off with a greater level of scrutiny on them. Their ability is quite simply all that matters. At the moment your insinuation is that the presence of anything other than a white male means that person is there because of their appearance, that it couldn't possibly be because of their ability. Edited by ambrose7 (02 Sep 2020 4.20pm) How do you work that out ? Especially in light of your wanting to '' decouple '' race and ability from the debate !
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| ambrose7 Croydon 02 Sep 20 5.17pm |
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Originally posted by NEILLO
How do you work that out ? Especially in light of your wanting to '' decouple '' race and ability from the debate ! The statement is that a black candidate could be better than a white candidate. For instance, if you had five candidates, their ability in rank order may be: 1) Black Apologies if it wasn't clear enough the first time around. I'm happy to edit it to make that point clearer.
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| ambrose7 Croydon 02 Sep 20 5.29pm |
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Originally posted by martin2412
Are you saying then that the three who were sacked didn't have ability ? I think they did but were too white. No, I'm not. Everyone has ability to a degree. I think they're okay but personally, they're beginning to lack relevance given how long it is since they were last involved in the game. I can totally see why Sky would want a change - their insight and entertainment benefitted massively from losing Keys and Gray and getting Neville, Carragher and Jones, as one example. While you're here, your early comment that 'Gok Wan is nearly a woman' is pretty poor. For one it's factually inaccurate - I assume you're making a reference to his homosexuality which is entirely different from being transsexual. Comments like that are part of the reason why there aren't any openly gay professional footballers.
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eagleman13  On The Road To Hell & Alicante 02 Sep 20 5.30pm |
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Originally posted by martin2412
That's down to them. I don't want to watch mens football programmes with women at the helm or on the panel. And Gok Wan is nearly a woman. Tom=The=Eagle would
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| martin2412 Living The Dream 02 Sep 20 6.08pm |
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Originally posted by ambrose7
No, I'm not. Everyone has ability to a degree. I think they're okay but personally, they're beginning to lack relevance given how long it is since they were last involved in the game. I can totally see why Sky would want a change - their insight and entertainment benefitted massively from losing Keys and Gray and getting Neville, Carragher and Jones, as one example. While you're here, your early comment that 'Gok Wan is nearly a woman' is pretty poor. For one it's factually inaccurate - I assume you're making a reference to his homosexuality which is entirely different from being transsexual. Comments like that are part of the reason why there aren't any openly gay professional footballers. The only reason we don't know which professional footballers are gay is because thankfully they don't act like Gok Wan. And who gives a toss whether they are anyway. BTW, I'd like to announce that I'm openly heterosexual.
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