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Heather Rabbatts hits out at FA over lack of diversity on its commission
• Football's governing body left 'exposed', says director
• 'FA should be not be reinforcing entrenched attitudes'
The Guardian, Friday 18 October 2013
Heather Rabbatts says the FA have 'let down the BME community' in a week that Andros Townsend's emergence boosted England. Photograph: Rex Features
The FA director Heather Rabbatts has written a stinging letter to her fellow board members to warn that the governing body has been left "exposed at a vital moment" by the lack of diversity on its commission into the future of English football.
Rabbatts, the only woman on the FA board and its only director from an ethnic minority background, said she had taken the bold step because the opportunity to tackle the dearth of homegrown players had been "singularly damaged" by the FA's handling of the issue. She said she had been forced to speak out on the issue because she felt her personal integrity was being compromised by her silence. "The FA should be leading by example not reinforcing entrenched attitudes," she said.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...ity-commission
• Football's governing body left 'exposed', says director
• 'FA should be not be reinforcing entrenched attitudes'
The Guardian, Friday 18 October 2013
Heather Rabbatts says the FA have 'let down the BME community' in a week that Andros Townsend's emergence boosted England. Photograph: Rex Features
The FA director Heather Rabbatts has written a stinging letter to her fellow board members to warn that the governing body has been left "exposed at a vital moment" by the lack of diversity on its commission into the future of English football.
Rabbatts, the only woman on the FA board and its only director from an ethnic minority background, said she had taken the bold step because the opportunity to tackle the dearth of homegrown players had been "singularly damaged" by the FA's handling of the issue. She said she had been forced to speak out on the issue because she felt her personal integrity was being compromised by her silence. "The FA should be leading by example not reinforcing entrenched attitudes," she said.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...ity-commission
