On CNN: “There is no racism. Maybe one player to another…he has a word or a gesture which is not correct. But the one affected by that should say: “this is a game”
ON Aljazzera: Racism is if there is discrimination by spectators outside the field of play. On the field, I deny that there is racism. When it happens, the league has to….bring them together to shake hands.”
On Fifa: “My comments have been misunderstood. I wanted to express that, as football players, you have ‘battles’ with opponents ….then, at the end, you apologise and shake hands.”
On Twitter: To Rio Ferdinand: “The ‘black man’ as you call him has a name, Tokyo Sexwale. He has done tremendous work against racism and apartheid in Africa”
On Fox Sports: “I’m not talking about discrimination: It’s foul language. It’s foul play. At the end of the match, if you have foul play, when the match is over you shake hands as it’s what we want to do”
On BBC: “I am sorry and I regret that my statements earlier this week have resulted in an unfortunate situation. I am committed to the fight against racism.
Now just a few points to consider on this:
· Just how many stations did he want this story to run on, it certainly made sure it was covered the world over. Plonker !
· How can he be “committed” to the fight when he clearly has no understanding of what is racism. Idiot !
· Why did Tokyo Sexwale allow himself to be used by Blatter in such a way ?
· Just how many professional footballers would shake hands with a racist ?
· Finally if I am reading all this correctly, what Blatter has said is that it is okay for the players to be racist, as long as they shake hands at the end, but not all right for the fans at any time. Careful Mr Blatter, don’t bite the hand that feeds you, it is wrong for both to be racist, it is also wrong to have one rule for the fans and another for the players.
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