Joey Barton faces authorities & authorized motion over ‘harmful’ social media posts
Sports minister Stuart Andrew is about to take motion over Joey Barton’s “dangerous” feedback about feminine soccer pundits.
The former Premier League star, who was sacked as Bristol Rovers supervisor final yr, has been criticised for his remarks about girls within the males’s sport, together with a latest jibe at Mary Earps, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Barton additionally in contrast ITV pundits Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward to “the Fred and Rose West of football commentary” on social media, following their protection of Crystal Palace’s FA Cup draw with Everton.
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His feedback have been swiftly condemned by the broadcaster and fellow professionals, together with Gary Neville. Labour MP Julie Elliott requested Andrew if he would comply with go well with, to which he responded: “Yes I would. These are comments that open the floodgates for abuse and that’s not acceptable.”
He added that he did not wish to give Barton any extra consideration, however needed to thank girls and women for his or her contribution to soccer and sport on the whole. Andrew additionally stated he would “happily” take up Barton’s feedback with the social media platforms.
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The one-time England worldwide shared his controversial views on Piers Morgan Uncensored. He claimed that girls pundits and commentators are being given “token” roles.
He acknowledged: “I’ve seen in my game where – I do feel I have enough credibility to say I’m a bonafide expert – I’ve seen tokenism creeping in, and it’s ruining my experience and the journalistic standards. It’s nothing to do with sexism at all.”
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Barton additionally stated: “Obviously it helps if you’ve played at a high level because it gives you a unique perspective. There are similarities between both sports but the men’s game is played at a completely different speed and completely different skill set.
“So for somebody to face there and say ‘I might have finished that’ or ‘he is made a mistake there’ who haven’t any expertise of that – and it is not only one or two, it is being taken over and ruining the expertise.”
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