Fascinating and at least mildly horrifying news out of France today. The French Football Federation and the national team have both identified an apparent problem with French football - not enough white players participating. Leaving aside whether race ratios in the sport are a legitimate problem or not, I think that most right-thinking people would agree that the correct response is something other than limiting the number of non-white players learning to play football in the country.
FFF Plans ‘Ethnic Quota’ For Soccer Training Academies, According To Report
Except, according to a report that ran in Mediapart, that’s exactly what they’ve gone and done. In a remarkable turn of events, members of the FFF apparently angered by the move have leaked the details of a ‘secret agreement’ to limit the number of players of African and North African descent in French football academies to no more than 30% of the class. The FFF is rather stridently denying that any such ‘ethnic quota’ exists but Mediapart are more than happy to stick to their story, claiming ‘irrefutable evidence’ that their claims are true.
I think everyone who’s pro-sanity is hoping that Mediapart are indeed wrong, because there’s absolutely no way to paint the story they’ve released as anything but gross racism. Eurosport have also released a story quoting president Fernand Duchaussoyas saying that this is a misunderstanding regarding players with dual nationality, but the FFF’s going to have a lot of explaining to do to alleviate everyone’s concerns about this.
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