Politicians seek to withhold funding if referee abuse continues

‘Twitter has failed spectacularly in this area,’ Senator tells committee, while another claims situation is worse in underage sports'We have to have the message sent out that if you are not playing ball, pardon the pun, you are not getting your funding.' Photograph: Cathal Noonan/InphoWith a mighty swing for the fences, the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media is seeking the “elimination of any and all abuse directed toward referees, officials and players in sport”.

The Sinn Féin representative for Louth went further by pointedly revisiting Sport Ireland’s handling of the FAI’s financial crisis under former CEO John Delaney. How such an ultimatum can be carried out remains to be seen. One politician appearing at the report’s publication in Leinster House laid blame squarely at Twitter’s door. Another arrived in a retro Meath jersey.

“That’s the key point: [abuse] is more prevalent at underage games, where the real problem is, where the real abuse is. Think back to evidence that was given in the Dublin schoolboys scenario — it was actual vile abuse by coaches and parents towards the referees.” Over to Elon Musk, who has repeatedly suggested his $44 billion purchase of the social media giant could be scuppered by Twitter claiming “bot” accounts only make up 5 per cent of its monetisable daily users. Musk believes it is closer to 20 per cent.

“If the funding is linked [to combating abuse] that would be the biggest deterrent that we can think of at the minute.”

Could they withhold (and abolish) NGO funding if those lobby groups continue to create a divided society?

Yet continue to fund private schools that covered up child abuse for decades!

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