1. High Press: Stakeholders and the Legal Fight Against Racism in World Football.
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Klaristenfeld, Jerry
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RACE discrimination in sports , *DISORDERLY conduct , *SLOGANS , *EXTREMISTS - Abstract
"Death to the Arabs." "Forever Pure." "War." These have been but afew of the hateful slogans cried out in Teddy Stadium by members of La Familia, Beitar Jerusalem Football Club's far-right nationalist supporters group. Racism in football is not a recent, nor regional, development. While the F&diration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has long promoted a "Say No to Racism" campaign, racial discrimination is still prevalent across global football. Decision makers at the top of club and federation hierarchies have struggled to proactively address the confluence of football-related hooliganism and racism. With the 2022 World Cup fast approaching, there is a broad imperative to engage in deep consideration of ways to discourage hatred that may manifest itself through the sport. However, before undertaking practices that might help eliminate racial discrimination in football, it is necessary to consider both who should be held responsible for implementing these practices and which stakeholders are in the best position to do so. Part I of this Note briefly sketches the relationship between racism and football and follows with an analysis of the implications of football-related violations of human rights from aninternationallawperspective. Part II presents a case study focusing on the discriminatory practices apparent at Beitar Jerusalem and among its supporters. This section illustrates the ways in which stakeholders seek to combat racism in football and analyzes how and why these stakeholders have been successful, or not, in addressing racism in its structural form. Finally, Part III of this Note proposes a tailored framework through which football stakeholders might effectively address racism at the club and national team level. In doing so, this Part highlights the Joundational element of crossstakeholder communication as a prerequisite to the implementation of practices that can combat systemic racism in world football. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021