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The chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Damian Collins, spoke to 5 live after their report discovered that football clubs, in particular, were not doing enough to tackle instances of homophobic abuse. Damian explained:

鈥極ne of the challenges that football has is that there are no out gay players playing professional football in this country, and that鈥檚 unusual compared with other sports鈥�

He continued:

鈥業 think this is not only about managing the stadium environment, it鈥檚 about clubs looking at the culture within their club themselves, also, looking at the role that can be played by straight athletes supporting gay athletes too.鈥�

He concluded by saying:

鈥榃e expect the stewards to take action against racist abuse, so it鈥檚 really no different, it鈥檚 applying the same sort of policy we would apply towards racist abuse, to homophobic abuse as well. Recognising it鈥檚 a form of abuse and it has no place in the modern game.鈥�

This clip was taken from 蜜芽传媒 5live Breakfast on Sunday 12th February 2017.

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