A professional soccer player could be looking at league discipline after he blatantly grabbed his opponent’s crotch twice in the middle of a game.
On Saturday night in England, Preston North End FC player Darnell Fisher was attempting to block Sheffield Wednesday’s Callum Peterson from a corner kick.
Fisher employed some less-than-legal tactics, grabbing Peterson’s crotch.
The whole thing was caught on video:
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This is Darnell Fisher of Preston North End. On Saturday, he was captured twice grabbing Callum Paterson's genitals in their 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday. The English FA is currently investigating the incident for a possible sanction #Ysports pic.twitter.com/H4EyVxwPVz
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Paterson was visibly shaken by the first grab, immediately checking to see if the ref was aware of what had just happened. Then Fisher went in for another grab.
Sky Sports reports that the FA will now investigate whether to punish Fisher.
Another crotch-grabbing incident happened during a March 2020 Six Nations match between England and Wales and resulted in 10-week suspension for English rugby star Joe Marler.
Marler was caught on camera grabbing Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones’ crotch during a heated moment on the field.
The exchange was widely shared on social media:
England prop Joe Marler caught on camera grabbing Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones' GENITALS during on-field melee in Six Nations clash at Twickenham..
Hang on thats just not cricket! pic.twitter.com/dNfvQa2GxF
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Josh447
Boys will be Boys…
rray63
So the next time a woman charges sexual assault because a guy fingered her, or grabbed her boobs, we will all say, “Boys will be Boys”, right?
djhavyk
This kinda p*sses me off and makes me cringe a bit. If we want equality in sports and elsewhere we have to prove their fears are unjustified and we can rise above our base urges. It’s hot to think about and great material for porn or a movie, but not real life.
AUGUSTALLEN28
This has nothing to do with gay or our community whatsoever.I’m sure these men probably identify has straight. But regardless,this seems like a tactic to get under his opponents skin and has been unfertilized by athletes in the past.
jjose712
What are you talking about? This was nothing more than typical heterosexual way to piss off your opponent (and with a little luck distract him from the game).
It’s not the first time it happens (and in soccer too) and the aggressor is never gay
RyanMBecker
This has nothing to do with equality or even being gay. The ban is a recognition that a man’s scrotum is extra sensitive to pain. It’s the equivalent of “hitting below the belt” in boxing. The phrase has come to mean cheating, unsportsman behavior or unfair attacking an opponent where/when they are most vulnerable.
Inspector 57
<<–[scratching head]
I don't understand why rubbing some other guy's dick and balls would be considered a defensive and effective move.
Then again, all of "sports" makes just about zero sense to me.
RyanMBecker
It’s not rubbing, per se, although that is, of course, a form of sexual assault. The ban is a recognition that a man’s scrotum is extra sensitive to pain. It’s the equivalent of “hitting below the belt” in boxing. The phrase has come to mean cheating, unsportsman behavior or unfair attacking an opponent where/when they are most vulnerable.
butchqueen
Buy him dinner first.
Jay002
Now he could run for President.
Joshua333
I ship it
Godabed
straight boys do the gayest things.
justyouandi
Paterson does not appear to be visibly shaken, as the article claims. This is common behavior in sports and for most guys it’s no big deal. There are lots of traditions and common practices in sports competitions that make no sense to non-athletes, but the “Karens” of the world think that if it’s not something they would do then no one should.
Fname Optional Lname
He is not happy about it that’s for sure. The look on his face says it all, of course he was shaken and majorly pissed off because he knows if he started swinging he would go down!
wooly101
Oh a little tweak to run interference.
RyanMBecker
Dang, that was disappointing. Based on the headline and thumbnail, I had assumed that this was going to be a feel-good collegiate love story between two players. I know of a Harvard water polo player who kissed his boyfriend in the pool after a match. The boyfriend was a member of the opposing team. I assumed that something similar happened here. Instead, it was a story of unsportsman sexual assault!
CityguyUSA
What I find interesting with these multiple infringememts was how the person being offended doesn’t immediately strike out with their fist, they tend to have very muted reactions to something that is offensive yet it’s not even enough to stop the game or give penalties,etc., as would most likely happen here in Homophobia, USA.
inbama
Am I imagining things or did it get a little hard after the second grab?