Hong Kong Football Club. Weekly Focus 8｜Yuyuan turmoil failed to complain about sex discrimination and sexual harassment

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Written by: Gao Shiqi

2021-03-23 ​​19:28

Last update date: 2021-03-23 ​​19:29

The "Focus of the Week" from the Hong Kong Super League brings you the latest news about local football in the past week.

Focus for the 3rd week of March 2021:

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Can "Jiedong Fight" fight the tide again?

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The Enlightenment of the Hong Kong Super League's Serial "Bad Talk"

1. How to draw a line between continuous explosion of discrimination and sexual harassment, suspected criticism and discrimination?

Following last week's conflict between Lee Man player Yu Weilian and the Japanese player Sasaki Zhou from the South District of Guanzhong, he was accused of saying a sentence containing the word "Japanese", which made some players in the southern district feel offended and even aroused suspicion of racial discrimination.

In the end, Lee Man issued a statement apologizing, Yu Weilian was suspended internally, and the incident did not ferment.

However, in the past weekend, Tian Shui Wai Pegasus fought Yu Yuan. The defeated Yu Yuan general was extremely dissatisfied with the performance of referee Luo Bizhi. It was the Yu Yuan coach Bao Jiayao that said to the media: "You should write The Football Association listened, and I beg you to frighten you to get the female football card. I am not a female "watching death", but she has no physical ability to follow the rhythm of the boys and walks a lot (judgment)."

Yuyuan coach Bao Jiayao was complained by referee Robbie Lo on sex discrimination.

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Bao Jiayao's remarks have provoked many fans to accuse him of sexism.

The Happy Garden Club later issued a statement, admitting that it "agrees that the wording of the remarks is inappropriate" and "apologizes to the affected people and the outside world."

In fact, when the Tian Shui Wai Pegasus coach Guo Jianuo visited after the game, he also pointed out that Robbies was a bit slower in his judgment, but he did not mention gender.

The young player Yuyuan complained that he was overwhelmed and was expelled. Bao Jiayao: I beg the FA to get the female football card again!

Yuyuan apologizes for bombarding the female football team's comments

It is known that Luo Bizhi has written to the FA, complaining that Bao Jiayao’s remarks involve gender discrimination. At the same time, he also complained about the remarks of Yuyuan player Lin Yanting. According to reports, his complaint mentioned that before the end of the game, many Yuyuan players believed that the Pegasus striker Santos took off his jersey and should be fined a yellow card. At that time, Luo Bizhi explained that he failed to show it as usual. After the game, Yuyuan player Lin Yanting said a sentence about her and Santos. Luo Bizhi believed that Lin Yanting’s words were serious. Harassing, and feeling insulted, asked the FA to face it.

Yuyuan players once made a fierce complaint to Luo Bizhi, and Lin Yanting (third from left) was expelled by a red card.

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According to Article 15 of the Hong Kong Football Association’s "Disciplinary Rules", if the complaint is finally established, Pao Jiayao and Lin Yanting may face serious consequences. Regulation 15.2.1 mentions: "Anyone who makes use of information about race, color, language, religion or origin Contempt, discriminatory or slanderous words or actions that violate the dignity of a person or a group of people will be fined for at least ten games. In addition, the person concerned will be fined and prohibited from entering the venue."

Robbie Robbins enforced the Tian Shui Wai Pegasus battle against Yu Yuan.

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Whether the incident constitutes discrimination or sexual harassment can only be handled by the authorities.

However, in a short period of time, there have been suspicions of discrimination, which to a certain extent reflects that some people in the global community are not sensitive to the relevant issues and have insufficient skills to choose appropriate words to express their opinions.

Similar incidents occur quite often in the international sports arena. Regardless of whether they are accidental or not, they are often accompanied by serious consequences. The most eye-catching thing recently is the "serial gaffe" of the former Japanese prime minister and chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee Yoshiro Mori. He finally stepped down. .

Criticism and discrimination, how should this line be drawn?

Perhaps you can refer to the assistant referee Sian Massey-Ellis, who has been in the Premier League for 10 years, said in Sky Sports earlier: "If people say to me, "You often lose position", of course it’s okay, because it’s I can improve things; but if you say to me, "You are a woman, you should not enforce the law," then that is not OK. The line must be clear, and people must be educated about what kind of talk is unacceptable."

Premier League assistant referee Mei Si has been in the Premier League for more than 10 years.

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Yuyuan Hong Kong Super Union