Can you suspend a fan from attending sporting events? Why yes you can! And the Batley Bulldogs are doing just that because one fan has decided to tweet out some not so polite messages about Keegan Hirst, first currently playing British rugby league player to come out, and his friend, Coronation Street actor Anthony Cotton.
Naming fan Jordan Coyle on its website, the [Batley Bulldog] club said he would no longer be allowed in the Fox's Biscuits Stadium.
"There is no place in our sport for homophobic abuse," it said.
"Since Keegan publicly confirmed his sexual orientation we have been delighted by the response and support he has been given by everybody at the club and indeed throughout our sport," it said.
"This is the first and hopefully the last time we witness such unpleasantness."
The statement added: "We wish to send out a clear message that if you engage in such behaviour we do not want you to attend our stadium."
Mr Coyle has been contacted for a comment. – itv.com
Bravo Bulldogs for sticking up for one of your own, for one of us, and for a fellow human being.
Here are the tweets that resulted in Coyle's ban. Were they right in banning him?
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h/t: itv.com