However, all grassroots matches from March 2020 onwards were cancelled due to Covid-19. There were also major changes in how individuals chose to report incidents of discrimination to us. In 2020, Greg Clarke resigned from his role as chairman of the Football Association after making racist comments during a hearing in the British Parliament. Is your club dependent on the principal shareholder(s) to finance annual revenue shortfalls or operating losses? The refusal to reveal diversity figures has come at a time when the league has taken a strong public stance in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. After all, at Euro 96, just SEVEN per cent of England's players - Paul Ince and Sol Campbell - came from BAME backgrounds. But only 4.4 percent of managerial positions typically associated with professional playing experience are held by Black people, as documented in new research by the University of Michigan sports economist Stefan Szymanski. On social media, we saw a 38% drop in social media reports, between the 2019/20 and 2021/22 season. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. PROFESSIONAL GAME INCIDENTS INVOLVING PARTICIPANTS (PLAYERS, MANAGERS AND CLUB STAFF)
Read about our approach to external linking. Statistics from Kick It Out, footballs equality and inclusion organisation, show reports rose to 422 in 2018/19, up from 319 in the previous year. On the opening day of the first Premier League season, just 36 of the 218 British players in the starting line-ups were from BAME backgrounds. Statistics from Kick It Out, footballs equality and inclusion organisation, reveal an increase in reports for the sixth consecutive year. Although around 84% of respondents said theyd be able to recognise verbal discriminatory behaviour at a game directed at a footballer, match official, teams coaching staff or fan who supports the same team or a different team to them, a large proportion of people (22%) say they are unlikely to report any act of discrimination in the future. "We all know and agree that the diversity of coaches and managers must increase and this placement scheme represents a positive step.