Quote: Slugger McBatt "rlhttp://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/jun/17/newsstory.sport6rl
It's not just offensive, it's illegal (although the word "insulting" has been removed from Section 5 of the Public Order Act, it is still "abusive"icon_wink.gif.
The RFL are right to act, because otherwise there become no limits. Although rugby league has always struggled to recruit from many of the ethic minority communities, a source of pride has always been that there was little, if any, racism shown towards black players many decades before football got a grip of the situation. To put that in context, John Barnes was getting bananas thrown at him at a time when Great Britain had a black captain in Ellery Hanley.
The morons need to take a long, hard look at themselves.'"
You're absolutely right Slugger the morons need a head shake.
But.......How many times do we here the South stand at Headingley singing about the referee being a w*nker? Isn't that classed as being abusive? I'm pretty sure if you constantly abused a police officer with the w*nker jibe you'd be arrested. It always comes over particularly clear on TV so should Leeds expect a fine? It's been going on for ages at Leeds, they obviously haven't taken precautions to stop it.