If Big Ron is guilty of a racist comment...

[Lush]

..which he is - and has resigned - why is Peter Schmeichel still sitting in the BBC commentary box?

 

[Beach Hut]

Because Ian Wright does

 

[bigc]

one of my friends brought this up today.

what was it Peter said to Ian?

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

one of my friends brought this up today.

what was it Peter said to Ian?

'my nose is not redder than rudolph you big bully'


ok reading that back its not funny. and on that note i bid farewell

 

[Dandyman]

one of my friends brought this up today.

what was it Peter said to Ian?

According to Wright he called him a "black bastard".

 

[bhafc4eva]

No big ron is a legend and just speaks his mind which is something society tries hard to prevent you from doing.

 

[y2dave]

Schmeichel has always denied Wrights accusations. His auto-biography is a good read, He denys Wrights claims and criticises the PFA for asking for them to shake hands for a publicicty shoot. He thinks taking part would have been admitting guilt. I'd take his word over Wrights any day.

 

[Gary Nelson]

Plus this happened during a game as opposed to either of them commentating on a match

 

[Herne Hill Seagull]

No big ron is a legend and just speaks his mind which is something society tries hard to prevent you from doing.

If your 'mind' is full of what Ron Atkinson said, being prevented from speaking it is no bad thing IMHO.

 

[Simster]

Plus this happened during a game as opposed to either of them commentating on a match

Precisely. People say all sorts of things they don't mean when in the middle of a game. Vinnie Jones was refreshingly honest about this when he was once interviewed and explained that he had said racist things on the pitch, come over incredibly guilty at the end of the match and liked to think he was big enough to apologise most of the time it happened.
If Wright still had an issue with Schmeichel, we'd all know about it, especially as they are now colleagues.

It's a long way from being a racist tosser in a commentary box. He's no great loss - he was rubbish as well as racist anyway.

 

[Indefatigable]

I don't go along with if it happens on the pitch it's okay. Does that mean it's okay in junior football ? If it's wrong - it's wrong.

 

[Simster]

I don't go along with if it happens on the pitch it's okay. Does that mean it's okay in junior football ? If it's wrong - it's wrong.

Yep, but I just think it's a bit more exusable if in a confrontation on the pitch, especially if followed with an apology.