That’s why I stopped playing

I had a few games in the Sussex leagues but couldn’t accept the way Asian teammates were spoken about (never to their face, at least not in my presence). No racial epithets but talk of “them lot” and the rest. I’m not one to keep quiet and didn’t and basically stropped out. Never really played since as other priorities took over for me (this is all obviously some decades ago now). It’s good that it’s coming out now. Football and rugby are a lot further along addressing these issues than cricket is, I think, and cricket needs to catch up.

Posted By: Old Man on November 16th 2021 at 10:30:42

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Azeem Rafiq is a very impressive speaker, some harrowing evidence. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Nov 16, 09:58:48
- A hard watch (n/m) (Other Sports) - revsimon, Nov 16, 12:36:55
- Brave to speak out. Hope he can help others as a result. (n/m) (Other Sports) - NorskyNormann, Nov 16, 11:23:15
- Rafiq has walked Joe Root to the cliff edge and stopped just short of pushing him off. (n/m) (Other Sports) - norwaay, Nov 16, 10:18:54
  - For a game that is all about ‘detail’… (Other Sports) - Munich93, Nov 16, 10:46:06
  - Going in two-footed on Vaughan (n/m) (Other Sports) - jamesward, Nov 16, 10:21:46
    - Vaughan’s ‘Andy Gray’ moment (Other Sports) - Munich93, Nov 16, 11:17:29
      - … and trolling (n/m) (Other Sports) - NorskyNormann, Nov 16, 12:29:19
        
        Wow. Introducing bullying to this of all posts (n/m) (Other Sports) - Munich93, Nov 16, 12:32:10
    - And he's absolutely right about Vaughan's response. (Other Sports) - norwaay, Nov 16, 10:24:31
      - unfortunately Vaughan is a massive cunt (n/m) (Other Sports) - big member, Nov 16, 10:36:04
      - It would look a bit like an admission of guilt though (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 10:27:13
        
        "No recollection" is not an admission of guilt though (Other Sports) - norwaay, Nov 16, 10:31:31
        
        Yep (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 10:36:00
        
        Possibly - but also worth remembering that Vaughan has stirred this all up (Other Sports) - norwaay, Nov 16, 10:39:53
        
        He’s also not helped himself with prior Twitter comments (Other Sports) - CWC, Nov 16, 10:45:02
        
        Didn't Rashid come out the day before? (Other Sports) - jamesward, Nov 16, 10:38:37
        
        Vaughan doubled down in another statement after Rashid became the third. (n/m) (Other Sports) - norwaay, Nov 16, 10:41:17
        
        Yeah just seen there was another statement yesterday (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 10:45:39
        
        Thing is....I think you can say something like he allegedly did... (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Nov 16, 10:31:09
        
        In my view Vaughan clearly made a gag but now feels he can't admit it as (Other Sports) - Jim, Nov 16, 11:10:55
        
        Definition is difficult. (Other Sports) - norwaay, Nov 16, 11:19:35
        
        I'm not saying it wasn;t an inappropriate joke - my point is more that (Other Sports) - Jim, Nov 16, 11:41:06
        
        I don't see anyone trying to destroy Michael Vaughan. (Other Sports) - norwaay, Nov 16, 11:52:31
        
        I completely agree with you (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Nov 16, 12:04:42
        
        By fundamentally racist I mean truly prejudiced against a partiuclar group of people or (Other Sports) - Jim, Nov 16, 12:18:49
        
        A couple of points (Other Sports) - norwaay, Nov 16, 12:38:36
        
        Look you know as well as I do that the mob will be out for him (Other Sports) - Jim, Nov 16, 12:52:52
        
        VMT (n/m) (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Nov 16, 11:26:40
        
        Yeah he loves the bantz (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 11:14:14
        
        I think what Michael Vaughan in probably guilty off is a questionable sense of humour and (Other Sports) - Jim, Nov 16, 11:26:00
        
        What do you think about his Tweet saying that Moeen should go (Other Sports) - jamesward, Nov 16, 11:37:46
        
        somewhere in the middle (Other Sports) - CWC, Nov 16, 12:21:27
        
        Yes, agree (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Nov 16, 13:49:34
        
        FFS, what a wanker (n/m) (Other Sports) - jamesward, Nov 16, 11:16:54
        
        And deleted at least 2 of them (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 11:20:16
        
        It’s ‘always’ the cover up that gets you (Other Sports) - CWC, Nov 16, 10:34:46
        
        These frigging cover ups are institutionalised that's for sure. (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 16, 10:50:15
        
        Career and legacy down the pan though? (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 10:38:10
        
        I think it is now (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Nov 16, 10:40:06
        
        Interesting that Rafiq says Hoggard spoke to him to apologise (Other Sports) - jamesward, Nov 16, 10:50:54
        
        Yeah an apology could have worked (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 10:50:50
        
        Yep, I don't remember it but, if I did say something inappropriate, I'm sorry (n/m) (Other Sports) - jamesward, Nov 16, 10:36:17
        
        He’s basically saying he’s squeaky clean (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 10:51:36
        
        Yes and I find that totally unelievable (n/m) (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Nov 16, 11:08:40
        
        Absolutely (n/m) (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Nov 16, 10:35:51
  - What else has he said ? (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 16, 10:19:36
    - Root was Ballance's housemate and central to social events where comments were made. (Other Sports) - norwaay, Nov 16, 10:22:28
      - Implicitly guilty of saying nothing to stop it though (n/m) (Other Sports) - jamesward, Nov 16, 10:23:24
- All this shit doesn't surprise tbh,there's still an undercurrent of snobbery and racism (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 16, 10:10:06
  - That’s why I stopped playing (Other Sports) - Old Man, Nov 16, 10:30:42
    - Yep vmt. (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 16, 10:47:12
  - Yep was always about when I played too. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Nov 16, 10:11:08
    - I'm surprised it was going on as late as it did really,and the (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 16, 10:17:26
- Jonathan Agnew less than impressive on 5Live this morning. (Other Sports) - norwaay, Nov 16, 10:05:22
  - Agnew in being tone deaf and out of touch shocker (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Nov 16, 11:00:05
    - Agnew is an egotistical fool (Other Sports) - Sellbydave, Nov 16, 12:39:38
  - This doesn't entirely surprise me (n/m) (Other Sports) - jamesward, Nov 16, 10:06:03
- Bloody Hell, this shit is vile. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Garry Brooke, Nov 16, 10:03:49
  - Horrific. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Nov 16, 10:04:20
- But Vaughan said some nice things about Asian cricketers (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 10:01:37
  - He's got loads of Asian mates... (n/m) (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Nov 16, 10:17:23
  - You can absolutely imagine Vaughan saying the words he is alleged (Other Sports) - jamesward, Nov 16, 10:03:04
    - Yes (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Nov 16, 10:26:38
    - Just banter innit (Other Sports) - CWC, Nov 16, 10:23:51
    - definitely wouldn’t be out of character (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 10:08:53
      - Beware the man with a smiley face. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Nov 16, 10:10:41

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