De Vries to consider his options

[OldGit]

I think you're right for the majority of fans, but I think fans who are racist will use that racism as part of the abuse they give players. Apparently Bright receive racist letters, if he was white he may have received similar letters, but without the race element.

Absolutely - I seem to recall that Paris also said that he had suffered the same sort of letters. Some people will always use any excuse to latch on something extra, whether skin colour, hair colour, waistline or whatever. I recall an article a few years ago in the observer magazine examining racism and sectarianism among the Old Firm supporters. They remarked on a black lad in the middle of the most vociferous bunch of Rangers boo-boys who fell silent when the rest of them started chanting "black bastard" at a Celtic player. One of his mates put his arm round his shoulders and said "Nothing personal, but we can hardly call him a fenian bastard can we?"

 

[Real Sharapova]

Re Mark Bright, at the time I thought that there was a small element of the Leicester support that were not just giving him grief due to his performances on the pitch, and that did play a part in him leaving, which was a damn shame, as with support from the fans I thought he could have been a top notch player for us.

 

[Hazzman]

Racism is an excuse for abuse basically. In the same way I am fat, it can be connected to being black.