Sol Campbell claims that abuse from fans at football matches is not acceptable and could be violating players human rights.

Does he have a point?

 

Should footballers have to put up with abuse from fans?

Do footballers earn so much that they should be able to turn a blind eye to terrace barracking?

 

What do you think, are highly paid footballers fair game?

 

That disgusting creature has no right to talk about this subject

 

the cnut lied and lied and lied again to Spurs fans about signing a new contract then cost us £17m by turning down Man Utd so that he could join our deadly rivals Arsenal on a free and he has the nerve to moan about abuse ?? he deserves all the abuse he gets and more after that dusgusting act of treachery, you dont go p***ing on your own fans by moving to the big rivals for free

 

He is the only footballer I can think of that I would cheer if he did a Marc Vivien Foe on the pitch

Well I think getting abuse from fans is part and parcel of being a footballer. It'll never stop purely because fans are the ones who pay good money to watch the games and if they players aren't performing to the standards that they should be then the fans have a right top have a go at them. When opposing fans do it, footballers should know that 99 times out of a 100 they're only joking about as it's traditional football banter.

 

Racism abuse however is far different. Even if they're earning 100k a week, racism is unacceptable and no matter how much money they're getting payed they shouldn't have to tolerate it.

Racism in football is a lot less than it used to be luckily

 

I remember when I first started going to games that black players would be subject to non stop monkey noises and have bananas thrown at them but fortunately most of that $h!t has been cut out of the game by stewards and police and so on

That disgusting creature has no right to talk about this subject

 

the cnut lied and lied and lied again to Spurs fans about signing a new contract then cost us £17m by turning down Man Utd so that he could join our deadly rivals Arsenal on a free and he has the nerve to moan about abuse ?? he deserves all the abuse he gets and more after that dusgusting act of treachery, you dont go p***ing on your own fans by moving to the big rivals for free

 

He is the only footballer I can think of that I would cheer if he did a Marc Vivien Foe on the pitch

 

Your comments are beyone offensively vile. But that is exactly what I'd expect from a Tottenham Hotspur supporter. He was fully entitld to move to another club under the European Court of Human Rights as a result of the Bosman Ruling, so go and blame the Europan unelected quangos in Brussels, not a great footballer.

 

 

Racism in football is a lot less than it used to be luckily

 

I remember when I first started going to games that black players would be subject to non stop monkey noises and have bananas thrown at them but fortunately most of that $h!t has been cut out of the game by stewards and police and so on

 

I've now got images in my head of you at White Hart Lane with a bag of carrots to throw at Tony Adams when he took Arsenal's corners.....

Your comments are beyone offensively vile. But that is exactly what I'd expect from a Tottenham Hotspur supporter. He was fully entitld to move to another club under the European Court of Human Rights as a result of the Bosman Ruling, so go and blame the Europan unelected quangos in Brussels, not a great footballer.

 

Legally entitled to yes but that does not mean it was morally right, the rivalry between Spurs and Arsenal is every bit as intense as the rivalry between Celtic and Rangers for instance and you just don't do to your own what Campbell did, had he moved to any other club I would have accepted it but you just don't go and lie to fans, deny the club you claim in the media to love a transfer fee and then go off to join their bitter rivals for nothing however legally entitled you are to do so there is such things as ethics, what Campbell did was 100 times worse than what Figo did or Mo Johnston it was the single biggest act of betrayal since Don Revie left England in the lurch to go to the middle east, if Campbell had gone to Liverpool or Man Utd or Barcelona or any of those on a free I would accept it same way as Liverpool fans accepted Steve McManaman leaving on a Free but you just don't go claiming in the media to love Spurs and that you want to end your career there and then turn round and sign for the deadly enemy

 

Campbell was legally entitled to do what he did but that does not mean that it is ethically right and he can't turn round and expect Spurs fans to wish him well

I've now got images in my head of you at White Hart Lane with a bag of carrots to throw at Tony Adams when he took Arsenal's corners.....

 

No but we used to stand on the Shelf making monkey noises at Martin Keown ;)

Legally entitled to yes but that does not mean it was morally right, the rivalry between Spurs and Arsenal is every bit as intense as the rivalry between Celtic and Rangers for instance and you just don't do to your own what Campbell did, had he moved to any other club I would have accepted it but you just don't go and lie to fans, deny the club you claim in the media to love a transfer fee and then go off to join their bitter rivals for nothing however legally entitled you are to do so there is such things as ethics, what Campbell did was 100 times worse than what Figo did or Mo Johnston it was the single biggest act of betrayal since Don Revie left England in the lurch to go to the middle east, if Campbell had gone to Liverpool or Man Utd or Barcelona or any of those on a free I would accept it same way as Liverpool fans accepted Steve McManaman leaving on a Free but you just don't go claiming in the media to love Spurs and that you want to end your career there and then turn round and sign for the deadly enemy

 

Campbell was legally entitled to do what he did but that does not mean that it is ethically right and he can't turn round and expect Spurs fans to wish him well

 

It happens it football.

 

For example, Lucas Neil could of had a starting position at Liverpool, played week in week out, he practicly had everyting he wanted there. But he didn't choose Liverpool for 1 reason. Instead he went to West Ham for the simple fact that they offered him more money. Liverpool were/are by far the more sucsessful club but when it comes to Money footballers don't care. This is the same as what happend with Sol Campbell, he simply got offered more money by Arsenal, than he did at Tottenham.

 

Footballers get paid to much anyway. To get paid £100,000 a week is disgraceful. People like Police officers who put there life on the line every week don't get paid that a week. And to think all they do is kick a football around for 90 minuits. They can moan about getting abused by fans and the like but i'm sure that the money makes up for that.

It happens it football.

 

For example, Lucas Neil could of had a starting position at Liverpool, played week in week out, he practicly had everyting he wanted there. But he didn't choose Liverpool for 1 reason. Instead he went to West Ham for the simple fact that they offered him more money. Liverpool were/are by far the more sucsessful club but when it comes to Money footballers don't care. This is the same as what happend with Sol Campbell, he simply got offered more money by Arsenal, than he did at Tottenham.

 

Footballers get paid to much anyway. To get paid £100,000 a week is disgraceful. People like Police officers who put there life on the line every week don't get paid that a week. And to think all they do is kick a football around for 90 minuits. They can moan about getting abused by fans and the like but i'm sure that the money makes up for that.

 

I think there was more to the Lucas Neil deal than meets the eye. Liverpool supporters don't like him and that includes me too. Horrible player who thinks about breaking peoples legs instead of passing a football, and the hate from the Liverpool fans will have been a factor. Also he wouldn't have played week in week out at Liverpool because of rotation policy and plus Finnan is a far better player. So in the end I can't blame him for going to West Ham to be fair.

Sol Campbell claims that abuse from fans at football matches is not acceptable and could be violating players human rights.

Does he have a point?

 

Should footballers have to put up with abuse from fans?

Do footballers earn so much that they should be able to turn a blind eye to terrace barracking?

 

What do you think, are highly paid footballers fair game?

 

Even though footballers are paid ridiculously high, they shouldn't suffer abuse from fans. Footballers shouldn't have to play if they are getting abuse from fans i.e things thrown at them and racism. They should just walk off the pitch. It's so disgusting the way football fans react. Think they actually prefer to cause trouble than enjoy a game.

Personally, I do agree with that Sol dude (and whatever other footballers feel that way), but not to the extent where they're actually taking the grapes from pineapple park! >:l

 

TBH they're such p*ssies though, I was watching Newsround (GANGSTA) the other month when they were talking about fans throwing things at players, so I was a bit ":O". However, they followed that by a clip of it and all that was thrown on them was like, a little toilet roll tube or something, yet they were all rolling around on the floor practically crying lol, so it was just a bit of a "Grow the hell up" situation.

Edited December 23, 200717 yr by Chemical_Halo

Even though footballers are paid ridiculously high, they shouldn't suffer abuse from fans. Footballers shouldn't have to play if they are getting abuse from fans i.e things thrown at them and racism. They should just walk off the pitch. It's so disgusting the way football fans react. Think they actually prefer to cause trouble than enjoy a game.

 

I totally agree. It is complete & utter double standards for fans to be able to howl all types of abuse and missiles at players/managers/officials. Yet if a player/manager/official who is being verbally abused retaliates with a hand gesture or verbals they get into trouble.

 

The police & authorities should have the power to evict these fans who think they have a right to behave like scum from the 1970s football terraces and face life bans from all football grounds.

 

I totally agree. It is complete & utter double standards for fans to be able to howl all types of abuse and missiles at players/managers/officials. Yet if a player/manager/official who is being verbally abused retaliates with a hand gesture or verbals they get into trouble.

 

The police & authorities should have the power to evict these fans who think they have a right to behave like scum from the 1970s football terraces and face life bans from all football grounds.

I agree! These people are not true football fans and should be banned.

tbh if i got paid the riddiculous amouts of obscene money these faireys get, id do it! please! ill take 90 minutes of abuse a week for £30k a week!!!

The Times Online December 24, 2007

Phil Neville puts onus on players over abuse

 

Phil Neville, the Everton captain, believes that it is time for players to start looking at themselves if they are to avoid the “frightening” barracking they receive from supporters. Sol Campbell, the Portsmouth centre back, said this week that the abuse has “gone too far” in the wake of the reception he was given by Tottenham Hotspur fans last weekend.

 

Campbell accused the FA of letting players down by not being more proactive in combating the issue, claiming that it had “sat idle, head in the sand, and tried to brush it under the carpet”.

 

Neville fully appreciates Campbell’s stance because he and his brother, Gary, the Manchester United right back, have often been the targets of fearsome abuse in the past. Yet he concedes that footballers “do not help themselves”, primarily because of the vitriol that they are seen handing out to referees.

 

The 30-year-old also feels that young players have it far too easy. “As footballers, we need to look at ourselves,” Neville said yesterday. “Eighty to 90 per cent of footballers handle themselves with dignity and in the right way. But it’s a small minority that are letting us down, and the vast amounts of money we earn means we have a lot of responsibility and are there to be shot at. If we are going out for a drink then you have to make sure you are going to the right places and behave in the right way.

 

“If you don’t, let’s make sure the punishment is severe enough so you don’t do it again. But I look at the young kids at clubs now and they don’t seem to have the same upbringing in terms of punishment. There’s a softness coming through, not helped by the foreign influence.

 

“I know when I was an apprentice I not only did my football duties, I went to college one day a week and I also cleaned boots, showers and cars. Nowadays, they are not allowed to do that. I asked a young apprentice at Everton the other day to fill the fridge up with drinks for the first team and the youth coach said he was not allowed to do that. I find it incredible there is that softness because young players are being paid vast amounts of money and they don’t seem to be working for that money. Too much is coming too soon to these players.”

 

But when seasoned professionals are viewed by those same young players verbally abusing match officials, Neville believes it is a case of practising what is being preached. “We don’t help ourselves,” he said. “We need to look after ourselves a lot better than we are doing, both on and off the pitch, but it is only a small minority.

 

“For young kids coming through, it is only right for them to look at us as examples. Having a go at referees, and the language used by footballers nowadays, is not acceptable. Maybe that’s where we need to improve.”

 

Reflecting on Campbell’s comments, Neville fears for the future and believes that one shout of abuse on any given day could result in “a serious incident”. “There comes a time when enough’s enough,” Neville said. “The level of abuse — not even criticism — players are receiving these days is bordering on frightening. It’s only a matter of time before a really serious incident takes place.

 

“It’s not as if it’s been happening just this season, it’s been building up for the last ten years. It’s fine chanting abuse about myself or my brother when we are out there, but now fans are shouting abuse about your mother, father, daughter.

 

“It will probably take a few more footballers and the authorities to get on board for it to be clamped down on. At the end of the day, they can shout as much abuse as possible, but if we do the slightest thing back, it’s us who are arrested by the police, questioned and fined. Yet nothing seems to be done about those shouting the abuse.”

 

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Personally, I can't disagree with a word he is saying.