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Sports minister hits out at Richard Scudamore over sexist remarks Sports minister hits out at Richard Scudamore over sexist remarks
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Helen Grant, the Sports and Equalities minister, has heavily criticised the Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore over his sexist comments which she described as "completely unacceptable and very disappointing". Helen Grant, the sports and equalities minister, has heavily criticised the Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore over his sexist comments which she described as "completely unacceptable and very disappointing".
While pressure continues to build on football's authorities to launch a full investigation into his comments reported by a Sunday tabloid, Grant became the latest senior figure from the sports world to call for action. While pressure continues to build on football's authorities to launch a full investigation into his comments reported by a Sunday tabloid newspaper, Grant becomes the latest senior figure from the sports world to call for action.
"I found the content of those emails completely unacceptable and very disappointing, particularly at a time when there is so much good work and progress being made promoting women's sport," Grant said in a statement released on Tuesday."I found the content of those emails completely unacceptable and very disappointing, particularly at a time when there is so much good work and progress being made promoting women's sport," Grant said in a statement released on Tuesday.
"I am determined to do all I can to help tackle all forms of discrimination in sport. There is absolutely no place for it and all of us working in sport need to pull together on the issue. There is no room for complacency.""I am determined to do all I can to help tackle all forms of discrimination in sport. There is absolutely no place for it and all of us working in sport need to pull together on the issue. There is no room for complacency."
In exchanges with a lawyer friend who referred to females as "gash", Scudamore jokily warned him to keep a female colleague they nicknamed Edna "off your shaft" and told sexist jokes that mocked "female irrationality". The emails were seen by a former temporary PA who leaked them to the Sunday Mirror.In exchanges with a lawyer friend who referred to females as "gash", Scudamore jokily warned him to keep a female colleague they nicknamed Edna "off your shaft" and told sexist jokes that mocked "female irrationality". The emails were seen by a former temporary PA who leaked them to the Sunday Mirror.
Scudamore, who emphasised that they were "private emails exchanged between colleagues and friends of many years" that should not have been accessed by his PA, nevertheless apologised and said "it was an error of judgment that I will not make again." Scudamore, who emphasised that they were "private emails exchanged between colleagues and friends of many years" that should not have been accessed by his PA, nevertheless apologised and said "it was an error of judgment that I will not make again".
The FA have resisted calls to charge Scudamore with bringing the game into disrepute, noting that it was a private matter. The Premier League said that Scudamore had immediately apologised and informed Peter McCormick, who is standing in for Sir Anthony Fry as chairman, and the 20 Premier League clubs. The FA has resisted calls to charge Scudamore with bringing the game into disrepute, noting that it is a private matter. The Premier League said that Scudamore had immediately apologised and informed Peter McCormick, who is standing in for Sir Anthony Fry as chairman, and the 20 Premier League clubs.