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English Firms Urged To Crack Down On Football Banter So "Women Don't Feel Left Out"

The woman above is named Ann Francke. She's the head of a British company named Chartered Management Institute, who "creates leaders through management and leadership development training, qualifications, membership and research." 

I guess her company is successful? Due to such, she was recently on BBC and was asked about what companies should do to create a better environment for their workers. Instead of saying something basic like "oh, give them more time off" (the Europeans love time off, as you can tell by their less than stellar economy) or "start nap rooms" or some new age shit like that. Francke instead suggested that we need to ban talking about sports:

SOURCE-Chartered Management Institute head Ann Francke said sports banter can exclude women and lead to laddish behaviour such as chat about sexual conquests.

"A lot of women, in particular, feel left out," she told the BBC's Today programme.

"They don't follow those sports and they don't like either being forced to talk about them or not being included."

"I have nothing against sports enthusiasts or cricket fans - that's great," she said.

"But the issue is many people aren't cricket fans," she added, arguing bosses should crack down on sports banter.

I expected Francke then to say "we also need to stop chatter about reality shows like Love Island (pretty much The Bachelor for the UK), because a lot of men, in particular, feel left out. They don't follow Love Island and they don't like either being forced to talk about it." 

Francke didn't end up saying this. I know, crazy. 

P.s. Pretty sexist to assume women don't want to talk about football, eh?