Why no soccer in Current Affairs?

kowloonkev

I recently started a thread in current affairs about the appointment of the new manager of the Irish football team. It was abruptly closed, with the reason being that this topic could be discussed in the soccer forum.

I contacted the moderator to appeal to have the thread reopened but not even bothered to respond. So here is the message I sent with my reasoning.

"Hello friend. The soccer forum has restricted access. Why can't we discuss the Irish national team in the unrestricted forum? As far as I can tell the soccer forum is private and separate to boards. If they want to be independent then why shouldn't we be allowed to discuss the Irish team which most people, even those not normally interested in soccer have a right to an opinion since they are funded by taxpayers and of national interest. Why are threads about RTE, government, crime etc allowed in current affairs when they all have their own forums (not access restricted I might add). Thanks."

I'm not saying there should be all kinds of threads about soccer allowed, but as the Irish teams are of national interest, I thought it could be discussed there, since the soccer forum is closed off and not everyone who would want to discuss the Irish team would necessarily want to jump through their hoops to do so.

Thanks.

Padre_Pio

There's a reason you need 1 month and 50 posts on boards.ie to get access to the soccer forum.

Donald Trump

You shouldn't be trying to talk about sports associated with them across the water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC7Xv7kHiZ4

kowloonkev

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122397087#Comment_122397087

We can discuss immigration, Israel, all kinds of political and social issues and the place didn't burn down, but the Irish football team is just too inflammatory?

Mrs OBumble

Rugby, a sport for thugs played by gentlemen.

Beasty

Not sitewide feedback so moved to Help Desk

Beasty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058360288/why-no-soccer-in-current-affairs

But it's not just the Irish national team

I spent a lot of time when I was a CMod dealing with issues in the Soccer Forum. Based on user feedback it has a very prescriptive and strict charter. Do I really want posters banned from Soccer starting their arguments over United and Liverpool in CA? No I do not.

We do tend to have threads discussing the major international tournaments in AH, but the details of the Irish manager and team tactics and the like can be discussed in Soccer. To get access to the forum/group you need to look at this thread

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058199567/the-soccer-forum-location-access-etc