US Soccer board votes to ban discriminatory chants

The Associated Press ^ | March 4, 2022

[Oldeconomybuyer]

ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation’s board of directors adopted a resolution Friday to ban discriminatory chants at all soccer matches sanctioned by the American soccer governing body.

The resolution says the federation should adopt a zero-tolerance policy on discriminatory chants and adopt FIFA’s three-step protocol, which calls for the match to be stopped and fans warned, the match to be suspended and players moved to the locker rooms, and the match to be abandoned.

The resolution will be forwarded to the federation’s rules committee, which will then send a policy back to the board for consideration.

The National Center for Lesbian Rights hailed the decision.

“For LGBTQ Latinos, these chants — almost always using a highly-derogatory Spanish slur — create an atmosphere of hostility, recalling long-lasting memories of fear and rejection. We applaud U.S. Soccer for passing a ban on these homophobic chants.”

[butlerweave]

Just put a Mask on they’ll never understand you ,LOL

[Jeff Chandler]

People attend women’s soccer matches?

[DesertRhino]

Try to stop the crowd.

[DesertRhino]

But vuvuzelas are still allowed.

[seowulf]

So, FJB is still OK?

[occamrzr06]

FJB is my favorite this year.

[ocrp1982]

The only people I have met who watch soccer are Euro-Immigrants and EuroSocialist wannabee American Leftists.

[SmokingJoe]

Not many people pay to go watch soccer in America anyways. The few people who do may just spend their money on something else.

[Skywise]

First amendment…

[SmokingJoe]

And Mexicans and South Americans.

[rlmorel]

[ptsal]

Let’s go Brandon

[T.B. Yoits]

Kneeling for Communist organizations such as Black Lives Matter^TM is discriminatory.

[Prince of Space]

Catchy tune!

[hanamizu]

“For LGBTQ Latinos, these chants — almost always using a highly-derogatory Spanish slur...”

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So what is this Spanish slur that has the power to send players to the protection of the locker rooms and possibly cause the match to be abandoned? Is it the four letter P-word?

And if the match continues, how can the players overcome the “long-lasting memories of fear and rejection?”

[enumerated]

What are they chanting?

[ifinnegan]

Maricon I assume.

[ifinnegan]

Probably maricon.

[rlmorel]