“Sport was created for escapism.” ⚽ Simon Jordan's PASSIONATE RANT on activism in football 🔥

Should football return to a Utopian world? talkSPORT's Jim White and Simon Jordan have their say!

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[phil]

My thoughts EXACTLY Simon. EVERYBODY needs an escapism from the bad & the ugly. If we can't have a 90 minute period which makes us enjoy, cheer & forget about the outside world, I question just how much football should now be considered a sport.

[blvcksage]

I am black and that take the knee was a serious division, typical modern day football agenda. Simon is spot

[georgedavies-ball]

When I was growing up sport was staunchly apolitical. We all accepted that whatever else was going on in the world, sport would be kept out of it. Unfortunately everything has become politicised now.

[connor]

Jim is shocked and appalled that some people don't want to be lectured and have agendas forced down their throats every hour of every day.

Personally, I think it's quite reasonable.

[Matthew-bufg]

Talking to Jim White is like talking to a grey brick wall

[noogate]

It's called social engineering and football is used for it so much due to its popularity, particularly with certain demographics that the ruling class might struggle to indoctrinate otherwise. Talk Sport do their fair share of it.

[MrStardust]

Well done, Simon.

All we get is *awareness*, we're sick of it !!

[thomashughes]

Can listen to Jordan putting Jim in his place every single day it’s fantastic well done Simon

[ronaldfinch]

Simon Jordan is a breath of fresh air.

[parthdave]

Simon is brave. And we need more people like him who don't fall in line for the optics.

[thetwitterlectual]

Yes keep politics out of sport. There comes a time when the average male gets fed up of being lectured about racism, LGBT, personal pronouns, social causes, or anything else.

We don’t care about taking the knee etc. We just want to watch a game.

[jordanbyford]

I 100% agree with Simon on this as i use sport and especially football as an escapism even if its only for 90 minutes its the most important 90 minutes in my week

[JW.]

The one that really was annoying was taking the knee. So many people don't realise what a bs cause that was to actually create division.

[amruataa]

“ Sport is about Sport “ Simon Jordan.
I cant agree more.

[samoke]

I couldnt agree with simon more and can confidently say that doesnt happen often with me.

Activism is pushed in my face in every aspect of my life and it is depressing the life out of me. I have no escape from anything because it has been took from me.

[El-Penguino]

Completely agree. Activism should be kept out of entertainment. It's damaging to the actual activism if you're forcing people to live in the real world 24/7. Throwing soup on painting pisses more people off than it inspires.

[tehgamr]

Spot on Simon! Couldn't agree more

[nickbalsdon]

Totally agree with Simon on this it’s the only 90 minutes escapism I get well said

[dansquire]

Martin Tyler on the opening day of next season.

"and here we are at old Trafford for the start of this campaign, the players take the knee to show that there is zero tolerance towards any form of discrimination both in football and in society. The referee blows his whistle and Mason Greenwood gets us underway.... "

[phoenixreborn]

100% spot on Simon. I am sick to death of the virtue signalling and the endless propaganda being shoved down out throats constantly over and over again and then these same people have the NERVE to turn around and say "Why are you so pissed off about it!? Don't you support the cause!?" No, the overwhelming majority of the time I don't support your bloody cause and want you to piss off with your lecturing and get on with the game of football which is what are all here to see rather than the likes of Lineker practically drooling at the mouth at the chance to show a highlight package of how evil X thing is and how terrible X people are being treated. The best thing to do when all that crap comes on is to go to the bathroom because at least the crap you produce from your body there has been more productive and useful and serves a genuine purpose rather than the crap that is on the TV at that moment.