'The sport seen to have the biggest problem with homophobia was
football, followed by rugby, boxing and then athletics. The Scottish
Football Association will also be asked to work with the gay community
to crack down on the homophobic abuse shouted by spectators at matches.'Publication
of the report will be accompanied by the results of an online survey of
1,272 Scots, which suggests that 77 per cent of the population believes
there is a problem with anti-homosexual attitudes and 74 per cent
believes their should be a high-profile campaign to tackle it.
'In
Scotland, 47 per cent of those surveyed said they had witnessed
homophobia in sport. Of those who had witnessed homophobia, around a
third said they had experienced it.
'Abuse from spectators was
cited as the main reason that so few elite athletes were openly
homosexual, closely followed by potential damage to their career
prospects and loss of earnings from sponsorships...'
Scotland On Sunday.
This is terrible.
Boycott Poland, Ukraine, and Scotland!
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