@ntemid
A fan of yours for 2 decades’ now
With a lot of questions on his mind.
Dear Premier League,
How are you doing? I am not fine. I’ll get right into it!
“Are there black referees in the Premier League?”
For all the years I’ve watched and enjoyed the Premiership, I can count the number of times I’ve seen a black referee officiating a match or even on the touchline or even as a lines-official!
Why?
Recently, I wrote something about events that took place “after the final whistle” was blown, by the referee at a particular match in the Premier League. Did you get to see it? I’ve brought it back to your notice, in this paragraph, where you see the words that have been quoted and are in bold ink!
I must say that I was left so disturbed by what I saw that day!
In my opinion, we might need “to take more knees” as this has become your norm or just do the right thing. I’ll let you decide what this “right thing” will be!
Yours watchfully,
Photo credit: Sky Sports
That is very odd indeed and quite shocking to hear. Sports should be fair and equal.
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I hate to hear something like that, man. Sports are supposed to bring people together, and above all, be fair.
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That’s horrible to know about it! just not fair at all.Thanks for sharing with us
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That’s a good question. It’s so important that we have equality.
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There need to be more black referees in all sports. Things are changing, yes, but more needs to be done.
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I hadn’t noticed but now that you’ve mentioned it, I just realized that black referees are so few. I hope there will be more diversity in terms of opportunities in different fields.
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I don’t follow football, but I had no idea! How bad is that!
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Sports definitely need to be fair and equal, in order to be enjoyable. That’s my opinion!
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I am not surprised there are many Black refs. How long did it take for there to be a lot of players of color? This does need to be looked at though. Thanks for calling it to our attention!
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I feel like this is true in a lot of sports and situations.
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Wow did not even know this issue existed up until now. Sports is meant to bring people together not to bring about more division.
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I guess I never really thought about it. We’re a basketball family and that is very diverse.
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I have not seen your original article but will look for it today.
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