Source: TheGuardian
FA panel condemned after finding John Yems to be ‘not a conscious racist’
Former Crawley manager’s 15-month ban a ‘slap in the face’FA ‘fundamentally disagreed’ with its independent panelAnti-racism campaigners have warned a “dangerous precedent” has been set after the former Crawley manager John Yems avoided a life ban from football because multiple instances of discriminatory behaviour were deemed to be “not consciously” racist.An Independent Regulatory Commission chose this month to suspend Yems from the game until 1 June 2024, for 12 breaches of anti-discrimination rules. But in explaining the sanction the FA-authorised panel said they had opted for a shorter punishment because they did not believe Yems was being deliberately racist. The Guardian understands that such a consideration exceeded the terms under which the commission was supposed to operate. Continue reading......read full article
