The SPFL are considering a social media protest this weekend as the authorities and clubs look to stand against online racist abuse.
Rangers and the other 41 member clubs in the four Scottish Professional Football Leagues could boycott social media platforms this week to send a message against online abuse [Daily Record].
This follows on from a similar move in England and would see the SPFL, the SFA, and all the member clubs pull the plug on social media in a four-day protest.
This would mean Rangers and Celtic coming off social media on the weekend of an Old Firm derby with the protest set to go ahead from Friday until midnight on Monday.
The Ibrox side have found themselves involuntarily at the middle of a UEFA racism storm after club midfielder Glen Kamara was racially abused by a rival player.
Slavia Prague star Ondrej Kudela was handed a 10-match ban for the incident whilst Kamara received a three-game ban for reacting to the abuse.
The player’s representation has made it clear that they do not think Kudela’s punishment is big enough.
Slavia’s slimy response to the incident – where they branded Kamara a liar – helped enable further disgraceful abuse aimed at Kamara from their fans in the aftermath of the incident.
The brave Gers midfielder revealed he receives racist abuse daily as he detailed the incident to ITN.
Kamara isn’t the only player either – Rangers striker Kemar Roofe is another who has come in for disgraceful abuse from Slavia fans for accidentally injuring Czech goalie Ondrej Kolar.
Rangers captain James Tavernier has also revealed that every single one of the Gers black players has been subjected to racist abuse this season alone [Rangers].
Rangers have previously met with key figures at social media giants on the subject and the club’s players and staff launched a boycott of their own earlier in April.
