Already November and we have a few incidents of racial slurs. This is when we find out who the assholes of the Premier League truly are. John Terry for starters. He sleeps with a teammates' wife and now he is accused of a racial slur against QPR defender Anton Ferdinand. Knowing Terrry's attitude it's easy to say yes, he did make racist remarks about Anton Ferdinand. As good a player as Terry is, his personality can cause anarchy in a locker room. His presence is not needed on a growing team like Chelsea if he continues to act this way. They have many players who can fill his shoes.
Also, there are the racial accusations from Manchester United defender Patrice Evra upon Liverpool striker Luis Suarez. This case is more difficult in that the words Suarez was using were in Spanish and could have had a different translation than Evra realized. Do I think Suarez made racial remarks? No. Suarez is as much of a minority in England as Evra. As evil as he can be to other races (hand ball save against Ghana) I do not believe Suarez made racial remarks against Evra.
Finally the slurs at the North London Derby. The Arsenal fans went about making racial remarks about Emmanuel Adebayor and Harry Redknapp while the Tottenham fans made remarks about Arsene Wenger. That's just disgraceful. Groups of people cheering their side on by putting another side down. That's inhumane and is not right. So soccer players and fans, stop with the drama (except in matches), just play some football.
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