I wonder why these same people didn't do the same ideas at Rugby games? Why pick on football?? All it would do is give the club & fans a bad reputation. I hope for footballs sake nothing happens and as Coochie hopes, that fans show up to support this football team. Escapsism for a couple of hours away from politics and life in general.
🤷♂️ It’s something a bit new.
The owner is openly pro-Trump and donated to him.We’re talking about a guy who got police killed because he wouldn’t admit that he lost. That doesn’t seem to exercise the righties as much as people saying he’s the worst kind of dickhead.
Rugby used to be much more at the forefront of politics than it is, particularly the politics of racism and empire. Honorary whites, the African Olympic boycott, the 1981 Springbok tour breaching a Commonwealth agreement against sporting contact…and not mixing sport and politics was the motto of those in the wrong then.
Football has a fan culture that’s different to rugby.
I mean if a few people chanting or whatever is going to give you more of a bad reputation than openly supporting Trump, who openly supports Putin and the aggression from Israel, let alone that Bibi is hiding out in office to avoid corruption charges, then… well I guess that’s all down to what you think is a bad reputation.
Trump is an authoritarian and a racist, who wants to decrease the democracy in the US and further politicise its public service to do what he says without referring to studies, science or any other considerations. Political control is good for monopolies and billionaires. They know who to deal with and can ignore the rest.
Somethings happened already- self appointed fan detectives decided to spy on this group. And the righties embarrassing themselves so far with their hyperventilating and hypocrisy.
As I said in the other thread politically open owners/administrators is rare for NZ, as is this politically defined fan group. But that’s already two groups of people who weren’t involved with the previous Auckland football teams.
I think we were okay in Wellington when Tomer Hemed took his celebrations a bit too far. He pulled back on that. I think this will be fine personally.
The main thing is if you have an issue approach the group directly as fan to fan, or get the Port to approach them on behalf of their fan group, if they have a structure that allows that, rather than make it into a media beat up.
The problem is more likely to come from people outside the fandom than in it.
And if you’re in the Yellow Fever with no plans to visit Auckland no worries, nothing to do with us, tbh.
But it never hurts to think too- who else around the world gets to enjoy a game of football and other middle class lifestyle perks? South Africans of similar cultural backgrounds need patrolled suburbs and fortresses to do so. Thinking about how we can increase the number of people who enjoy a country at peace enough to enjoy a day at the football never hurts, whether it’s by accepting more refugees or by supporting other initiatives.