When Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off the field to protest being racially abused by an opposing team’s fans a decade ago, he set soccer authorities on a path toward tougher sanctions in cases of discrimination.
FILE - AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng gestures towards the crowd as he leaves the field after being subjected to racial abuse during a friendly soccer match in Busto Arsizio, near Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Boateng set soccer on a path toward tougher sanctions in cases of discrimination when he walked off the field to protest racial abuse by an opposing team's fans a decade ago.
At FIFA headquarters in Zurich, then-president Sepp Blatter seized the moment to demand tougher punishments for clubs, national federations and their teams — or the players responsible — in cases of racism and discrimination.FIFA created a racism task force and strengthened its disciplinary code within months of Boateng’s actions. So did European soccer governing body UEFA, whose 10-game minimum ban was twice that of FIFA’s.
Czech Republic defender Ondřej Kúdela missed the European Championship in 2021 because of a 10-match ban after Some claimed it was a deliberate act of sabotage to embarrass the Croatian soccer federation. But UEFACroatia still qualified for Euro 2016.Despite a push for tougher sanctions for teams when fans racially abuse players, a 2003 ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport set a bar for proportionate punishments depending on the number of fans involved and the seriousness of the incident.
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