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Sol Campbell claims racism has hindered his progress.

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  • edited April 2015

    iainment said:

    Just because you guys don't like what I say it doesn't mean I am wrong.
    Look at NFL and the effect rooney's rule had. Similar crap was being spouted before that came in.

    Completely different situation. for a start, the percentage of black NFL players is a lot higher and has been for years. The Rooney Rule was introduced because a lot of those players wanted to stay in the game and their wasn't anywhere near a fair representation of black coaches amongst the 32 teams.

    What you are basically saying is that black coaches cant get work because of racist owners/boardrooms. Ok. Who are these qualified black coaches? Where are they being turned down? How many black coaches actually posses a UEFA A or B license?

    Its easy to just lay blame and shout racist, when the real problem is why black players aren't staying in the game to take on their badges. If they are now, then expect to see more black managers in the future. If that doesnt happen, then think of introducing the Rooney rule, like in the NFL.
    Any dissenting voice is laughed at and then insulted. (This is a thread about Sol Campbell wanting a job and not getting one btw).

    Percentage of minority coaches amongst those 'self-declaring' their ethnicity on the respective FA courses from May 2011: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31970841

    Level One: 6%
    Level Two: 9%
    Uefa B Licence: 5.6%*
    Uefa A Licence: 12.9%*
    Uefa Pro-Licence: 6.5%*

    And yet 19 out of 552 coaches in the football league are an ethnic minority, 3.4%
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