By Ellis Cashmore, J. Cleland
Organization soccer is the richest, hottest recreation in background with a multicultural worldwide following. it's also riven with corruption, racism, homophobia and a violence that has for many years resisted all makes an attempt to tame it. Cashmore and Cleland learn football's darkish facet: the disagreeable, sleazy and downright nasty points of the game.
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Extra resources for Football’s Dark Side: Corruption, Homophobia, Violence and Racism in the Beautiful Game
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However, other fans, including a Middlesbrough supporter, state that the first openly gay player who continues to play the game might actually benefit financially: It wouldn’t have any effect on their careers as footballers. Managers and chairmen sign the best players they can for the team they have. It might tarnish their “image rights” I suppose. They might appear in newspapers in a negative light. Having said that, we’ve seen footballers who are thugs, rapists etc. recently and I don’t think being gay is anywhere near as damaging to image rights as any of those, and some of those players haven’t damaged their careers.
When Beckham was pictured wearing a sarong in 1998 the British tabloid press initially attempted to emasculate him during a period where he was also blamed for England’s exit at the 1998 World Cup (he had been sent off against Argentina in a game that England eventually lost on penalties). ” Clayton and Harris (2009: 135) reference the extent to which the tabloid newspapers also bought into this changing presentation when they quote an article in The Sun in 2003 that refers to Beckham as “the perfect role model for every generation.
Comparisons with racism Despite the overwhelming support for an openly gay player, the findings presented by Brighton and Hove Albion supporters illustrate the continued problem some teams face regarding homophobia (Flood, 2013). The role that fans see themselves having in a live match has always remained the same: they are active contributors to the game, the so-called twelfth man, who seeks to verbally distract, harass or intimidate opposition players. Thus, a paradox occurs where some fans abhor homophobia yet engage in homophobic epithets towards rival players and supporters for the perceived benefit it can bring to their team.