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After Racism, English Football's Next Challenge Is Tackling Homophobia
"I am convinced it's not our role to out" gay footballers, Football Association ambassador Dave Raval said, while also lauding the FA for doing "more than any other national association" to tackle homophobia.
"There are no senior level players, referees, managers or administrators who are out. Statistically there must be lots of gay players and none of them are out in the professional game.
"It is not our job to out them," Raval told a meeting on the sidelines of British trade unions' annual conference this month.
Authorities stepped up efforts to combat homophobia within the game after former England defender Sol Campbell was subjected to abusive chanting while playing for Premier League side Portsmouth a year ago.
In May, a 42-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy were banned from attending football matches for three years for shouting "Come on gay boy, that's my gay boy" at Campbell as he played against one of his former clubs, Tottenham.
Raval, who refereed the 2007 gay world cup final in Argentina, said the bans were a clear statement that homophobia "is not permitted in football today."
Also in the past year, homophobic abuse on an English football field has become an automatic red card offence.
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