Should football clubs ban fans who send homophobic abuse to other fans and players online?

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00:00 Should football clubs ban fans who give homophobic abuse on social media?

00:05 Absolutely. Because it's just general bigotry.

00:08 What people get up to in the space of their own home and privacy is none of the concern of anyone else.

00:14 And I think in general, not just homophobic comments, but even racist, sexist, any sort of hatred to other people for no reason,

00:23 they should just be banned. We don't want a space for people like that.

00:26 We want a space where people can come to feel relaxed and get out of their everyday life.

00:32 Some people may face homophobic comments daily, and then football might be the one place they can go to escape it.

00:39 And if they get it there, disgusting, there's no escape. So yes, they should absolutely be banned.

00:43 Should football clubs ban fans who give out homophobic abuse to other fans and players on social media?

00:50 Absolutely. And there's no excuse not to, because they'll be easy to identify them.

00:55 And I think they need to do that for homophobic abuse, racist abuse, anything like that.

01:00 Yeah, get it sorted out. And it's up to them to take the lead and do it.

01:06 Should football clubs in Sheffield ban fans who give out homophobic abuse to other fans and players online?

01:13 Absolutely. Of course, as someone who is part of the LGBT community myself, and as a teacher and educator,

01:21 I see a lot of young people who are constantly subject to this kind of abuse.

01:26 I just think it's completely unacceptable. It shouldn't be accepted at any level, anywhere.