Quote: Mild Rover "I’m glad, genuinely, that you feel you have been able to fulfil your potential. However, just because barriers are not completely insurmountable and/or haven’t impacted us as individuals doesn’t mean they’re not real or problematic.
Brain surgeons and lawyers, absolutely you don’t have to start out in advantaged situation. Disproportionately they will, and to some degree that is inevitable, but it is a question of degree. Does the presence of black footballers in the PL mean that box is ticked, and we shouldn’t see the absence of openly gay male professional players as odd and troubling? It’s hardly like racism itself has ceased to be an issue at PL games is it?'"
Its how you deal with adversity that makes you as a person - we can all look good when the everything is going along without a hitch it is how you cope when its not where you learn the biggest lessons - if you can't deal with adversity surely that is a personal not a societal issue?
Racism still exists in Football mainly in London it seems - look how Sterling dealt with it? Openly gay footballer - tough one in any sporting environment - doesn't seem to be the case in ladies sport - which is equally odd unless the %s of gay ladies are high?