The departures of Richard keys and Andy Gray

News came today that football commentator Richard Keys resigned from his post with Sky Sports following his sexist remarks regarding female lineswomen Sian Massey. This comes after his broadcasting partner Andy Gray was sacked for the same reason. A recording of their conversation took place with them unaware. Now, both of these guys know a ton about soccer. I know a lot of people criticize Gray for occasionally seeming like an uneducated bloke but he knows what he's talking about on the pitch as does Keys. That being said, their complete ignorance and disregard in this situation is sickening and not surprising to me at all. Both have a history of sophmoric remarks as witnessed when they took over on fox soccer's coverage of the world cup here in the U.S. last summer.

I thought Keys dealt with the situation beautifully by calling Massey to apologize. He also, however, went into a long rant on the radio today about how these kinds of remarks go on at every corner of the game. The worrying thing with that is...I believe him. Footballers have been known for decades as "players" who tend to hang out with women that it's safe to assume are not the brightest. Many of them use this knowledge to assume that's what all women are like which is of course just as rediculous as saying all men are as intelligent as the average soccer player. I love the idea of second chances, and these two will surely get them in some form or fashion. But this is a situation where the outlandish behavior of these two men has finally caught up to them. Just to prove my point that this is not the first time Keys has acted like an idiot is my video below. Not trying to sit here as the ultimate moral compass. I just think this incident could be a fantastic moment to try to eliminate sexism from English soccer as racism has been for the most part done away with. That, however, will rely on a complete overhaul of footballing culture in the UK. At least, we have a start.