Arguments Against Racism In Soccer

Soccer has been known for many decades as “the beautiful game.” It has carried respect and happiness to millions around the world. However, the respect for the game falls apart when the fans and players use racism. Soccer went from being the beautiful game to being the judgmental game because of the fans. In some cultures, soccer is their way of life, and some are more passionate about soccer than others. The fans during the soccer games racially abuse the soccer players because of their ethnicity and skin color. Racism in soccer has been going on around the world for a while now, but hasn’t been addressed until the players or organizations stand up for themselves. The two editorials that talk about racism in soccer are “Racism on the Soccer Field Must End Before it Kills The Sport” by Andre Akpan, and “Beautiful Game of Soccer made Ugly by Racism at World Cup” by Aram Ghoogasian. Presently, racism from fans has increased over the past years, which have impacted the player’s

Many fans show their pride for their club or country, but tend to do it at the extreme. Organizations want to stop the racial slurs or comments coming from the fans, but it’s hard to make the issue stop. In our society, racism has always been around, but having it in soccer, the sport that people love and play, is becoming a disgrace. Our world population needs to come together as a community and bring back the “Say No to Racism” campaign. Our society needs to be viral and tell fans to stop when they hear another fan being racist. All our society needs to do it help bring nations together to become one whole society with different ethnicities and cultures. The saying, soccer is “the beautiful game” needs to be kept alive, or else soccer will turn into being “the judgmental game”. Only the fans can stop themselves for discriminating other teams and cut down racial language and slurs on the