University of East Anglia's Men's Rugby Club banned from existing next year...

[FrothyDragon]

on grounds of sexist and racist discrimination

Apparently, the club has had many complaints over recent years, and as a result, a ban has been placed on the club for the academic year 2012/2013. Nice to see that the UEA Union is finally taking these complaints seriously, and lets hope they continue to challenge sexism and racism in the university.

[VictorGollancz]

Good. Well done UEA!

[FrothyDragon]

Nor can I, to be quite honest. Just glad it's being dealt with. At last.

[Dworkin]

Excellent! My heart sings at such actions. Well done UEA.

[ButterPecanMuffin]

It's a shame that is has to come to this, because I know someone who is a student at UEA, and it is generally accepted that isn't the whole team exhibiting this behavior.

Sadly that means those who didn't get punished too.

Don't get me wrong, I support the decision, but it's a shame innocent people get punished too.

[HandDivedScallopsrgreat]

In addition by the sounds of it, it is the whole team ethos that is enabling this behaviour. It is systematic. I think it is pretty good of UEA to realise this and more importantly do something about it.

[PiousPrat]

It would be great if they tackled the American Football team about their similar attitudes towards women, but starting with rugby is a brilliant step forward. I do agree that the individual players who stomped all over the bounds of taste and decency should have been further punished, but also that it is endemic to the club as a whole. I left UEA more than 3 years ago so it is likely that the whole team and committee is entirely different now than it was then, but the 'shock tactics' of trying to out- bad taste each other for fancy dress nights and the general machismo was strong then, so I can only assume it is something which is passed on, or encouraged every year so just carries on and grows.