Ann Francke, head of the Chartered Management Institute, told BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme talking about football and cricket at work is exclusionary. She expressed that discussion of VAR and other football matters could alienate women in the workplace. However, many seemed to disagree with the statements made by Ms Francke. She said: “If you ban football chat or banter of any description, then all you’re going to do is alienate the people who actually want to communicate with each other. “It would be so, so negative to tell people not to talk about sport because girls don’t like it, or women don’t like it.

Source: Express January 27, 2020 15:00 UTC