General Football Nonsense

[dazthegooner]

And I want to win the lottery by tomorrow

[Niall_Quinn]

The gypos have won their court case related to PL sponsorship restrictions. The court declared these rules null and void.

This is not the 115 violations thingy, it's a different case.

[dazthegooner]

The British justice system the best money can buy.

[Letters]

Kim Jong Un

https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/15/reaso...-22564263/amp/

[HCZ_Reborn]

Kim Jong Un

https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/15/reaso...-22564263/amp/

Actually would make far more sense for him to allow Spurs games to be shown. To show to the people that nothing good happens to those South of the 38th parallel

[IBK]

https://www.skysports.com/football/n...ground-by-2028

I'm generally against minority quotas (I know that this isn't a fixed target), as this can make discrimination worse by suggesting that minority candidates only get positions because of this. But in the case of UK football, it simply beggars belief that ethnic representation on the management/refereeing side is so low given the percentage of players from Black, Asian, mixed or other ethnic backgrounds. So I like this initiative.

[Mac76]

I'm generally against minority quotas (I know that this isn't a fixed target), as this can make discrimination worse by suggesting that minority candidates only get positions because of this. But in the case of UK football, it simply beggars belief that ethnic representation on the management/refereeing side is so low given the percentage of players from Black, Asian, mixed or other ethnic backgrounds. So I like this initiative.

While I know it will shatter everyone's tired cliches about me... I'm not at all sure - people who are promoted for reasons other than their ability can be counter-productive to what you're trying to do, maybe it would be better for the FA to fund places on couching courses to minority players or something like that

[Letters]

There's no such thing as positive discrimination. It's an oxymoron.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Quotas in any sense are counter-productive and more likely to be a solution in search of a problem

If there are actual barriers preventing minorities from getting into coaching that’s one thing but I don’t believe that’s the case.

What I notice is that black, white, brown whatever there is a clear paucity of English coaches at the top level. And this is why I find all this bemoaning when we pick a foreign coach for the national team bemusing. Well ideally the chap would be English, but it would be nice if we had some choices.


Whilst ultimately I believe you’re never going to have the same amount of women as men in STEM fields it certainly doesn’t hurt to be proactive in encouraging women who might want to enter such professions. I think equally we could be more proactive with encouraging youngsters to take an interest in leadership/coaching.


Quotas? I think ultimately the perception of a closed shop isn’t remedied by an actual closed shop

[Letters]

What I notice is that black, white, brown whatever there is a clear paucity of English coaches at the top level.

Yeah! Where's the quota for English coaches?


Or women