Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-01-Speech-3-175"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Football in the EU2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041201.16.3-175"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-01-Speech-3-1762
lpv:speaker	lp:Gary Titley2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, as we have heard, sport is important for the physical and psychological health of our communities. Football, which is the most popular sport, has a particularly important role in this. The top professional clubs have to lead by example. I have to say I have been very impressed by the work of the professional clubs in my own region in the north-west of England in working to combat exclusion, providing education and providing community leadership. One area of great importance where football clubs have to be active is in combating racism and xenophobia. I was delighted to support the ‘Give racism a red card’ campaign in the United Kingdom. We have to keep up that fight. I regret the scenes we have seen recently in Spain, Italy and elsewhere, which show racism in football on the increase again. We must not condone this. It is important that the new Commission takes initiatives in this field and it is important that we make it clear to football clubs that they must not condone the activity of their own fans. We must not forget, however, that football is a business and it must be allowed to operate in the same way as any other business. Nor must we forget that – frankly – the old transfer system was akin to serfdom and did no service at all to professional footballers. I hope we would not advocate a return to those days but we have to do everything we can to support plans to bring young people into the game and give them more opportunities than they have at the moment. This is why we need to look at the UEFA proposals. But I think that talking about the transfer system is missing the point. The points of key importance in football at the moment are television rights and how they are distributed among television clubs. I would like to hear the Commissioner tell me whether he has any proposals on those rights so the money is more fairly shared between all clubs in football."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-02-16)3 unknown; Labour Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Titley (PSE )."1

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