The problem will never be solved, and the conflict at it's source never eradicated for the authorities that be fail to identify those very terms. What exactly is racism and racial abuse? At what point is a footballer racially abused? And what boundary is there to demarcate racial abuse from plain abuse? Should the authorities', and attendances' for that matter, duty be to eliminate all kind of abuse? That would be very kind of them, but we should first ask ourselves if those involved in the perpetration of such abuses are elements pertaining strict to the football environment, or if, conversely, they come from a far larger and diverse background. How is one to solve the problem of racism in football supporters that attend matches in stadiums, if these persons are not solely football supporters in their lives, but rather components of a society. Racism is not a problem specific to football, but to all societies, and until it will not be solved there, it's a mere hoax to imagine that it could be solved in a restricted domain.