I see the "I don't even see colour" brigade are out in force as if it was they, themselves, who were being accused of racism.
I think people still think that racism is some sort of thing of the past, as if young black players aren't still abused on the pitch, as if Liverpool FC doesn't exist, as if the Italian and Eastern European leagues aren't a thing. Football fans are still doing monkey chants, and while we have made good progress from the banana skin throwing days, racism still exists, from the subconscious to the blatant and extreme, and measures should always be taken if the numbers don't add up.
Quota systems are never perfect, but until a better way is found to encourage a gradual change in what are absurdly anomalous statistics, I'm all for it. To the people who are listing the 4 black managers they know as an example of why the initiative would fail, 7 white PL managers have been sacked in this season alone, but it will never be seen as an indictment of white managers everywhere. Conversely, Black managers have to face the Paul Ince argument every time this issue crops up. And that's kind of the point. Very few managers are overwhelming successes. Black candidates are not even being given the same opportunities to fail as the majority of their crap white, job-hopping counterparts.
