Dear FIFA Federation, my name is Miguel Pereira and I am a student at Gwynedd-Mercy University located in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania, in the United States of America. I am writing you this letter today because it has come to my concern that you have not done enough lately about racism happening in games and leagues. Now I am not saying that it is your fault that these people are making racial comments, or doing racial things towards our soccer players, but I feel like you haven’t put enough effort to try and stop it or at least reduce it a little bit. This problem has been going around decades now since 1980 with a man named John Barnes. Mr. Sepp Blatter you need to do your job correctly or let someone else do your job for you because you are obviously not doing a very good job at handling these situations. Vice-President Webb you on the other hand have been trying your best by controlling it for a certain extent, but I feel like you haven’t fully reduced the attacks. Referee executive Howard Webb I believe it is your job as a soccer referee to at least control what has happened in the
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This event was brought upon named John Barnes who was a Jamaican-born Footballer who played for the Club team Liverpool FC from 1987 to 1997. He made 407 appearances and scored 108 goals during his time with the team, and won two league titles and one FA Cup. He also had 79 appearances for England, played in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups and was twice the winner of the Football Writers’ Player of the Year award. He was on the receiving side of some very vicious racial abuse from fans and players as well. He was racially abused in a game against Everton by their supporters in the Merceyside derby at Anfield. He was then again racially abused by opposing supporters from different teams and also far-right groups. These fans would throw bananas at the soccer player because he was
This event was brought upon named John Barnes who was a Jamaican-born Footballer who played for the Club team Liverpool FC from 1987 to 1997. He made 407 appearances and scored 108 goals during his time with the team, and won two league titles and one FA Cup. He also had 79 appearances for England, played in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups and was twice the winner of the Football Writers’ Player of the Year award. He was on the receiving side of some very vicious racial abuse from fans and players as well. He was racially abused in a game against Everton by their supporters in the Merceyside derby at Anfield. He was then again racially abused by opposing supporters from different teams and also far-right groups. These fans would throw bananas at the soccer player because he was