taken so long, i m sorry that ultimately the club hasn t shown the right contrition. i ve not personally met anyone that i would consider racist at the york shire country club. 0ne click that what i ve seen as a culture that is locked in the past. i ve seen as a culture that is locked in the past. amid more resignations locked in the past. amid more resignations hutton locked in the past. amid more resignations hutton blame - locked in the past. amid more i resignations hutton blame senior management who he says resisted change after a report found azeem rafiq had suffered harassment. there was a failure rafiq had suffered harassment. there was a failure by rafiq had suffered harassment. there was a failure by many rafiq had suffered harassment. there was a failure by many in rafiq had suffered harassment. there was a failure by many in the - rafiq had suffered harassment. ii ii” was a failure by many in the club to accept its findings or understand them or recognise the
themselves. because if it was only banter and not racialized abuse i think most people can handle banter but many of us cannot handle racialized abuse that went on for years and years and years. let me ask ou, years and years and years. let me ask you. you years and years and years. let me ask you, you mentioned years and years and years. let me ask you, you mentioned regulator| years and years and years. let me i ask you, you mentioned regulator and roger hutton his attempt to get the english wheels cricket board involved. their response we don t interfere in the affairs of individual clubs. is that a position you think for a regulatory body to adopt in the 21st century? dirt reason the adopt in the 21st century? d “it reason the regulatory bodies exists is to good practice or the sports of whole improving. this was seen as quite a high profile case was that i think for a regulator to step aside from his responsibility is telling. mind you they are actually commenting on the
the chairman of yorkshire county cricket club has resigned over its response to the racism experienced by the former player azeem rafiq. roger hutton issued a stinging attack on executive board members who he said had shown a constant unwillingness to accept there was a problem, after an investigation found rafiq was the victim of racial harassment and bullying . tonight the bbc has announced that former england captain michael vaughan who has strongly denied making a racist comment to a group of asian players won t be presenting his cricket programme on radio 5 live next week. here s our sports editor dan roan. the racism that michael vaughan has plunged the country into an unprecedented crisis. chairman stepped down just hours after announcing his departure roger hutton told me the club had let theirformer hutton told me the club had let their former player down. i’m hutton told me the club had let their former player down. i m sorry that he didn t their former player down
deal with to them even address? i think it stems from not only a culture of racism within the four walls of headingley but maybe goes to a wider aspect of culture that exists within cricket, domestic cricket for the market, and any further in terms of other clubs but focusing on yorkshire in isolation, this is clearly something they struggle to grapple with over the years. the hearing on november the 16th when the three board members called to give evidence roger hutton, chair, and chief executive will give evidence to that select committee. we shall learn more about how they have grappled with this culture and seemingly not responded in the way that many would ve hoped. 0f in the way that many would ve hoped. of course azeem rafiq will also give evidence and is been invited to do so on the day. i think will learn a lot more about what has happened