Indian club condemns manager Stuart Baxter for rape analogy

Posted February 01, 2021 6:00 am

By The Associated Press

Indian Super League club Odisha is 'œappalled'ť manager Stuart Baxter used an offensive analogy about rape over a refereeing decision after losing to Jamshedpur on Monday.

Baxter coached South Africa before being hired last year by Odisha, which lost the match 1-0.

'œYou need decisions to go your way and they didn't,'ť Baxter said in a post-match interview on Indian's Star Sports television. 'œI don't know when we're going to get a penalty. I think one of my players would have to rape someone or get raped himself if he was going to get a penalty.'ť

Odisha tweeted: 'œIt is completely unacceptable whatever the context and does not reflect the values of the club. We, at Odisha FC, unreservedly apologize and the club management will handle this matter internally.'ť

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