Mike Newell's dodgy comments
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Mike Newell is certainly courting controversy at the moment. On Saturday he managed to make some pretty stupid comments - criticising Amy Rayner, the assistant referee, and his chairman. He had now been asked to meet the Luton board and it looks like he has some explaining to do.
It is sad that he made these comments - there is no need. You can criticise a match official without having to bring their gender into it - that is completely irrelevant. She has earned the right to officiate at that level by doing all the qualifications.
A couple of years ago Ron Atkinson was forced to resign after making racist comments in the wake of Chelsea's Champions League game against Monaco in April 2004. While I am not keen on people being sacked I do think that we should treat sexism in a similar way to racism.
It is sad that he made these comments - there is no need. You can criticise a match official without having to bring their gender into it - that is completely irrelevant. She has earned the right to officiate at that level by doing all the qualifications.
A couple of years ago Ron Atkinson was forced to resign after making racist comments in the wake of Chelsea's Champions League game against Monaco in April 2004. While I am not keen on people being sacked I do think that we should treat sexism in a similar way to racism.
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