Ban unsporting laser in sport venues: Kalusha Bwalya


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Zambian soccer icon Kalusha Bwalya has urged clubs to educate their supporters to practise the spirit of fair play by not bringing lasers to match venues.

This comes after Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa had lasers shone in his eyes when they played to a 1-1 draw with Esperance in a CAF Champions League match in Tunisia recently.

Bwalya said, “I saw the incident, it is not fair for anybody to be subjected to all those things by the fans who want their club to be in a position of advantage.”

Use of lasers by supporters to distract opposing players is a violation of human rights and sporting rules.

Bayern Munich’s Sports director Christian Nerlinger shares the same sentiments and notes, “Laser points are not acceptable. It is a major disturbance and an impossible thing to do.”

Accordingly, sports authorities should act very fast and ban unsporting lasers in sports venues and because of this, Bwalya thinks it is the responsibility of sports clubs to educate their fans about the dangers of using lasers to distract other players.

He noted: “Personally, I think clubs must educate fans. Use of lasers is not good for football. Therefore, football clubs must help us stop them from coming to our stadiums.”

Sadly, the use of lasers to disturb opponents is not only happening in Africa; it is also happening in Europe and other parts of the world.

This means policy decision makers in sports should join hands and fight very hard to stop the use of lasers.

For this to be successful, clubs from different sporting codes should act by ejecting patrons caught with lasers.

More so, they should ban these unscrupulous fans who point lasers at players during games from future matches.

Furthermore, sport administrators should work with ground authorities to identify any such behaviour, remove any offenders from venues and seek to have them prosecuted.

To promote the spirit of fair play in sport, authorities should put lasers on the list of banned items and religiously ensure that they are not allowed in sports venues.

A tough stance is also needed to ensure that this sort of madness should not be tolerated because the practice of directing laser beams at players is incredibly dangerous.

 

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