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J.League sets stringent policy on slander, harassment

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Presumably it doesn't refer to managers being clueless, defenders being donkeys, or forwards not hitting a barn door.

Somebody will be offended EVERY TIME.

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Making more money a week then most people have for disposable income in a year.

Hardly.

https://spojoba.com/articles/1059

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Japan certainly has its share of trolls

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Shame, sports being overrun with mental midgets. Accountability matters. Making more money a week then most people have for disposable income in a year. If they spend their hard earned money on tickets and you are underperforming as a player you have to accept it

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If "malicious" means "racist" or "homophobic", they should call a spade a spade.

Presumably it doesn't refer to managers being clueless, defenders being donkeys, or forwards not hitting a barn door.

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Those footballers play for money. Verbal abuse and slander from ticket paying fans are part of their job

So you’d say things like being racially abused are part of their job?

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So what prompted this? Urawa Reds fans were notorious for this several years back and you mean to say that nothing was done until now?

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Unfortunately Japanese supporters follow supporters in England and Europe where there is a lot of racial abuse against players.

Thankfully much less in the stadiums than before.

More of a problem now with garbage spammers and sock puppets on social media.

Dregs. Real trash.

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Those footballers play for money. Verbal abuse and slander from ticket paying fans are part of their job.

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Unfortunately Japanese supporters follow supporters in England and Europe where there is a lot of racial abuse against players. I have heard soccer fans abuse their own teams players. I haven’t heard this is in American sports.

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So no more "banter" or winding up the corner kicker? Part of football since before my grandad.

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