Sexist Soccer Players Ordered To Train With Women’s Team

by Joe Lemire

''Misogyny, and not just corruption, are alive and well in global soccer, but a recent offense has been punished with a novel, if empty, punishment.

A pair of Czech soccer players for Sparta Prague publicly denounced a female assistant referee, Lucie Ratajova, after she missed an offsides call that helped Zbrojovka Brno score a late, tying goal. Midfielder Lukas Vacha and goalkeeper Tomas Koubek made their displeasure known, according to the Guardian, with Koubek telling reporters, “In my opinion, women should stay at the stove and not officiate men’s football.” Vacha, who is injured, used Twitter as his platform.

Though those players have a neanderthal view of the world, their club and league quickly denounced their comments. Sparta general director Adam Kotalik even mandated a creative punishment: embedding them with their counterpart women’s soccer club...''