(CNN) — Anti-discrimination organization Kick It Out received a record number of reports of discriminatory behavior during the 2022/23 football season.
Los 1.007 informs represent an increase of 65.1% compared to a previous deterioration and including episodes of discrimination in the professional game, in the social newsrooms and in grassroots football.
Meanwhile, discrimination discrimination in professional gaming — including the Premier League, the Liga Inglesa de Fútbol, the national clubs, European and international competitions, the Superliga Femenina and the Campeonato Femenino — increased by 27 .4% to 484, aggregated by organization.
Kick It Out was originally created in 1993 as an anti-racism body in el deporte, before expanding its remit to include all forms of discrimination in 1997. En los data publicados este miércolesKick It Out revealed that racism accounted for 49.3% of all complaints during the period.
In this period there has been a 400% increase in reports of sexism and misogyny, from 16 to 80, which, according to the organization, was “amplified by a massive increase in online abuse against jugadoras and aficionados” .
The islamófobas complaints rose to 300%, although in general there was a slight decrease in the complaints of discrimination for religious reasons.
Abuses in the social newsrooms increased by 279% compared to the previous delay and represented 28% of the total number of complaints, which assumes an increase of 15.9% compared to 2021/22.
In the football base, 43.4% of the denunciations proceeded from partidos in those who participated less than 18 years, and racism represented more than the mitad of these denunciations.
CNN Sport is in contact with the Premier League for comment, but not right away.
A spokesperson for the English Football Association qualified as “muy decepcionante” the increase in cases of discrimination and misogyny.
“Seguimos trabajando con nuestros socios en todo el fútbol inglés to eradicate this collective social problem, and it is of vital importance that the accidents of this natural state denounce the pertinent authorities so that they can take medicine against the authors”, dijo el portavoz en a press release sent to CNN.
Kick It Out reported that the incidental discrimination reporting rate was higher for a subsequent cuarto, suggesting a growing propensity among aficionados to report discrimination cases.
Tony Burnett, executive director of Kick It Out, confirmed: “The significant increase in complaints in all football is alarming and refuerza nuestra determination de hacer frente a la discrimination en todos los ámbitos del fútbol. Detrás de cada una de estas stadísticas hay Alguien who unfortunately has suffered discrimination, and apoyar to victims of abuse who have the highest priority to kick it out”.
“As we continue working tirelessly for Kick It Out, we call aficionados, clubs, bodies and government organs to help us with this cause, and we feel that the number of complaints per accident is growing, suggesting that the people are less and less tolerant of discriminatory behavior and more likely to report abuse when you do”, añadió.
Burnett emphasized that the Kick It Out figures represent only a “snapshot” of the overall magnitude of discrimination, reiterating the need for fútbol to fight against a centralized discrimination reporting mechanism to “approach it con toda a la fuerza del deporte”.
