Counties vowed to increase diversity in the wake of the racism scandal but have been accused of ‘sticking to what they know’
that make up 60% of the county’s 130 feeder clubs. O’Farrell, who later apologised, initially blamed the attraction of football and rugby to young people from Afro-Caribbean communities and the lure of education to those from south Asian backgrounds.“It makes me so angry when I hear that,” says Green. “It’s cliched and it’s insulting to the BAME players and their families who travel all over the country and invest in the game only to be dropped before they can make a living from it.
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