invisibleman18 wrote:
A banner calling for Arsenal to lead the way on tackling violence against women has been flown at tonight’s game against Crystal Palace.
Feminist campaign group Level Up have teamed up with Arsenal fans, who have funded the protest. They want to see the club introduce a disciplinary policy for players accused of violence.
The banner read: “Kick rapists off the pitch.”
From The Athletic. Didn't notice it during the game, but interesting to note it's been funded by Arsenal fans. Be interesting to see if anything happens at our first home game.
This is really good. All things considered this is one of the best avenues for a response, it has the potential to get the club to be more transparent and show greater integrity about these issues of player misconduct.
Let's say expecting the club to respond with sanctions against any player accused is "a bit too broad" as Qwiss puts it … getting this out there still might set up an opportunity to press the club to specify its policy and its rationale publicly, at which point possible reforms can be addressed.
