Posted on 11/15/2014 4:59:59 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A Turkish football club has decided to issue a hefty fine for beards, after its chairman claimed some footballers look like students of imam-training schools.
"I am 80-year-old and I shave every single day," Gençlerbirliği chairman İlhan Cavcav explained the reasoning of his club's decision to start issuing a fine of 25,000 Turkish Liras ($11,200) to any of its footballers with beards.
"Man, is this an imam-hatip school? You are a sportsman. You should be a model for the youth," he added in an interview with the Doğan News Agency on Nov. 15, while complaining that that his own grandson is negatively affected by the ever-growing beards in the football world.
As "bad examples," Cavcav mentioned Beşiktaş coach Slaven Bilic, Beşiktaş midfielder Olcay Şahan, Fenerbahçe goalkeeper Volkan Demirel and Galatasaray midfielder Selçuk İnan.
Cavcav also said that he applied to Yıldırım Demirören, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) chairman, to adopt a nationwide beard ban for footballers.
"He told me that they could not impose such a restriction because the UEFA would not let them do it. I am fed up with this UEFA. I wish we had some other place to play our football," he concluded, stressing that he will push other clubs to take a common position against beards on the pitch.
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That wouldn’t go over so well with the gaystapo here in the USA
That wouldn’t go over so well with the gaystapo
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You do realize they are talking facial hair don’t you...<: <:
The guy is trying to put a stop to islamic fascism. Good for him.
“Islam requires that a man show enough facial hair to distinguish him from a woman.”
That’s bullcr@p, since most bearded Muslim males also follow the practice of, “Women for babies, boys for pleasure”.
Beardless boys are the favorite sex objects of Afghan men.
Bloody savages!
The Reds had a no facial hair rule for a long time. Supposedly, Rollie Fingers turned down an offer just because of that rule.
like figuring out what size bicycle a fish would ride.
Well, there is another place the Raiders can cross off their
franchise relocation list.
I could see why that mattered to Rollie; people will remember his name 100 years from now because of his twirled stash.
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