The Role Of Racism In Black Male Semi-Professional Football

What are black male semi-pro footballers’ experiences of racism?
The intended proposal will be directed towards black male semi-professional footballers’’ experiences of racism. Although improving in the professional game, Semi-professionally it becomes hard for organisations such as ‘Kick It Out’ to act and note incidents within games, even the media spotlight on the semi-professional game is slim to none, Sky television can now identify actions through video replays. If racism is evident still in the professional games, then unquestionably is apparent in the lower levels of the football ladder.
Academic explanations of the relationship between ‘race’ and English football have tended to focus on the elite echelons of the professional
The age range of all players is from 18-42. In order to interview each teammate I will conduct at least an hour long consultation with each of them in the comfort of their own homes as every player lives within 20 miles of myself I would drive to each individual interview it is important for me to not rush to each interview to reduce the risk of any accident on the roads. For the interviews I will need only a pen and pad, along with a voice recorder to record all information extracted from the questions delivered to play over again to critically analyze. ‘Qualitative research seeks to understand the meaning of an experience to the participants in a specific setting’ (Thomas et al., 2005, p.346). This will be to understand not only if racism is still evident in football but to see if footballers feel as though action needs to happen. Kumar (2008) states that this type of research aims at discovering the underlying motives and desires, using in depth interviews for the purpose. In light of the evidence i will receive from each interview, it will be interesting to hear a variety of experiences within my team-mates to have an understanding of what they have or haven 't gone through but know that it does exist.
From the 5 interviews I will receive
Here are some basic topics that I plan on asking:

1. Tell me about playing semi-professional football?
2. As a black male semi-professional football player, how would you define racism?
3. Can you give me an example of ever experiencing racism in football?
4. (If yes to 3 What was your initial reaction towards it?
5. In a footballing environment have you ever been discriminated by or witnessed racism?
6. (If yes to 5) Tell me about how you addressed the situation? Did you ignore it? Or keep playing?
7. Do you feel as though racism in football at semi-professional level needs to be addressed?
8. Sprinter Carl Lewis has once claimed that ‘Blacks - physically in many cases - are made better’, have you ever addressed this stereotype and used it to your advantage during a