Joshua Bull crowned FPL champion for 2019/20

No excuse for racism. FPL did it right. He says he had a private chat with 6 friends. Well, from that forum he has no more than 5 friends.

Agreed. Racism is not acceptable but the only way you should get disqualified is if you somehow cheat in the game.

Lol.

Players get bans for racism. Fans get lifetime stadium bans even. Should they get away with it because it’s nothing to do with football?

People are really showing their true colours here.

'Stripped off title because he said something sh*ty on his social media and has nothing to do with FPL is the most crazy thing happened in 2020.'

COVID-19: "Hold my beer"

All of them.

"hysterical anti-racism". Wtf.

The whitest of white

Even if all of them are, does that make it ok to call people the N word does it?

Wow, "hysterical"??? Lost for words, don't know you personally but hoped/assumed you'd be better than that

White people stood on the bridge with Martin Luther King. One of them was later killed for it

I faced some really hatefull comments about my nationality here in UK on several occasions.
Each time it made me really angry at first and then really sad asking myself "What I have done to these people to be treated like this ?"
Taken their job ? Lets be honest if some is boozing in Wetherspoons at 9am on a week day he is quite likely not be intrested in having full time job.
Anyway not nice to be at receiving end of abuse like this and I'm not a snow flake PC type.

Yes, because black people are famously fine with racism.

Raheem Sterling (who this particular example was directed towards), notably so.

Typical white guys coming down hard on racism against the wishes of everyone else. When will they learn? *shakes fist*

Big respect to everyone calling out racism today, even if they are white and haven't necassarily experienced racism themselves. The hysterics have definitely been coming from the doomsday 1984 predictions just because someone got deleted for a racist comment

Completely dumb Andy sorry

Racism is a problem for all of us. Lots of levels to this so I'll settle for just one. I'm a dad. I have a responsibility to bring up my little girl to not just be non-racist but to be consciously anti-racist.

Racism is insidious and it affects us all not least because so much of it is reflexive and dictated by upbringing and education to the extent that we don't know it's happening. It's a problem for those that suffer it but it's also a problem for those who deal in it

We probably all see and hear racist language and views through our use of social media, forums etc. but the main place I experience it (as in hear people using racist language) is when I go to football matches. Football has a huge problem with racism and it needs tackling by all decent individuals. This ‘white boy’ will be passionately anti-racist whenever necessary.

Worst take of the day, congrats.

Certainly noticed a lot of platforming here today, and it's pretty transparent. I'm confident most of us read the remarks, condemned them and moved on. Unfortunately some have to have their Ricki Lake moment. The bigger the front, the bigger the back, imo.

I agree with everything you say Andy.

one of the most harsh way of stripping the title ever.

Because they don't want to be associated with someone like that, the winner made racist comments? Does that sound good

I think it's more to do with the timing .. can't be ignored

I think it's like Miss World - if you do anything wrong while you're the winner (pose for Playboy, shag on live TV, be a racist) they can strip your title.

After that year, though, you can pose, shag and be as racist as you like - they can't touch you.

Aaaaaand here’s another.

The guy is a demonstrable racist, and you think him losing out on his FPL title is ‘extremely harsh’?

I am scanning all their social media accounts.. hang on

He's lucky if being stripped off his FPL title is all that happens. Many lose their jobs over this, and rightly so.

here have an arrow thing

Couldn't have said it better

Pretty much watch out what you say to your FPL pals.

This is something that could happen again next season.

No place to hide for ANYBODY.

It's a good job Liverpool didn't win the title with Suarez, in that case.

sigh, an increasing number of "racism is bad, but..." comments on here

Racism is not acceptable but here's a scenario where it is acceptable WTF

The dude won by merit, case closed. Being a racist pr!ck does not change that

Not that easy for everyone to understand this.

Careful, you might be reported as a racist.

Think they'll start with the bigger guns as their prices won't change e.g Salah mane sterling

Whereas a zaha at palace is not going to have the same price as if say Arsenal sign him

Harry Winks 5.0m!!!!!

Think last year Robbo came first - that matched chat on here which took his price as a likely key benchmark. I'm guessing the first one will be a big one and not a newbie.

Rage at the Robbo pricing - everyone will have him at that price!!

Pepe at £4.5m for me bench.

GK, Pope I guess

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, but they'll show a picture of Kieran Gibbs.

TAA 8mil

don't think so..they are after Sancho/Dembele..

That would be funny - which one is Havertz again - plays in Bruno's spot?

What is he ?
CAM or winger ?

Ban

Having just seen your rank history I’m guessing you are trying to get it deleted

Understandable but still the wrong decision. Dude won by merit, he did not break any rules within the game.

They didn't want to be associated with someone regarding a racism controversy but are allowing him to play again in a few weeks!?

I guess he wasn't racist enough to get a longer ban?! Seems like a very weird punishment and implementation of it.

The story is on many news sites, would be better if those running the game were to give a detailed explanation.

It wasn't public knowledge so they probably didn't feel the need to hang him out to dry just so they looked good.

The problem from their POV was that if it became known then it would reflect poorly on them. But unlike most of these social media controversies, it was still private at the point they responded. So there was no need to make it public.

People can easily find out for themselves. It's probably better not to make explicit the reasons for all sorts of reasons but primarily, whatever you think of Antonov, it was better to at least not publicly call him out for being racist. Think what that could do to someone's mental state, knowing millions of people out there view him as a disgusting racist.

"edgy" people are usually the best type of people(!)

Youll only find out after youve won

You won't be paid for today, feel free to come to work tomorrow, no biggie.

You’re a goner

Only if your coworkers have voice recorders. I wear one at all time and save all the soundbites where my friends, family and coworkers say something politically incorrect so I have leverage on them in the future dystopian society.

We don’t talk about football here...

The feeling of being greased up that much must be so uncomfortable

9 months i heard.

Jimenez misses

Their sitting back and countering tactic works so damn well

LOL

Bruno needs Zaha at UTD. Penalty rate will be tenfold what it is now and easy peasy autocap on Bruno.

He did not have multiple teams.

Because it suits them 🙂
Harsh reality of today's world isn't it. ££££££ talks over anything.

It's not like fpl went on a hunt to cancel him, once it was sent to them they had to act

If they see proof, they will boot you out.

Strangely the one who bothered me most was Greenwood. Everyone started talking about how he had bulked up over lockdown and I pondered the way I completely wasted that exact same amount of time.

Everyone knows why now !

He said he was indifferent about Marmite

@BOBB, does it matter, season is null and void 😉

It was absolutely class imo for them to not release it. He is getting a lot of hate as it is from Twitter community. Can't imagine what it would have done to his career if they have made it officially public. We are playing with a guys life here.

Quick Twitter search will reveal.

Absolutely idiotic.

Called him a 'light' version of the N word, apparently.

not ok to post here, it's vile