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Related: About this forumMLB considering guidelines for racist taunts, commissioner says
Source: Associated Press
AP May 5, 2017, 11:53 PM
MLB considering guidelines for racist taunts, commissioner says
MINNEAPOLIS -- Days after a fan at Fenway Park directed racial slurs at Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said he is determined to "provide our players with an environment where they feel comfortable in every major league stadium that they play."
Manfred spoke Friday before the Minnesota Twins hosted the Boston Red Sox, who were at the center of the controversy this week after Jones, who is black, heard the taunts . Another fan was removed and banned for life from Fenway Park the next day for making a racist remark, and other black players throughout the big leagues said it is a common occurrence to be subjected to such behavior by fans.
Manfred said MLB is surveying all 30 teams to see how they handle such situations "as a prelude to giving consideration to some more industry wide guidelines in this area."
"We want to make sure that we know exactly what the clubs are doing before we start recommending changes," Manfred said. "We're in the process of gathering information right now."
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MLB considering guidelines for racist taunts, commissioner says
MINNEAPOLIS -- Days after a fan at Fenway Park directed racial slurs at Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said he is determined to "provide our players with an environment where they feel comfortable in every major league stadium that they play."
Manfred spoke Friday before the Minnesota Twins hosted the Boston Red Sox, who were at the center of the controversy this week after Jones, who is black, heard the taunts . Another fan was removed and banned for life from Fenway Park the next day for making a racist remark, and other black players throughout the big leagues said it is a common occurrence to be subjected to such behavior by fans.
Manfred said MLB is surveying all 30 teams to see how they handle such situations "as a prelude to giving consideration to some more industry wide guidelines in this area."
"We want to make sure that we know exactly what the clubs are doing before we start recommending changes," Manfred said. "We're in the process of gathering information right now."
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MLB considering guidelines for racist taunts, commissioner says (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2017
OP
So someone will be coming up with a rule for what constitutes an acceptable racist taunt?
PoliticAverse
May 2017
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. So someone will be coming up with a rule for what constitutes an acceptable racist taunt?
"No racist taunts allowed." is too simple?
Mike Nelson
(9,944 posts)2. How about...
..."No Racial Taunts. (period)"?
nocalflea
(1,387 posts)3. Fans are well aware of the onus the league places on players to "behave like professionals " and the take advantage of it.
They 've done so for years in all sports .It's way past time for the league to demand a modicum of civility from fans. There will always be taunting from fans-in baseball it's a tradition. Mocking someone's hitting slump or booing a star player on the oppossing team is vastly different than hurling racial and ethnic slurs. The league should have taken a stand against racial invective years ago. I'm afraid they will do way too little, way, way, too late. Time to grow a pair MLB .
Iggo
(47,536 posts)4. Guidelines? You mean like "Don't."
Right?