Football Association chairman Greg Dyke believes there is some truth in QPR's director of football Les Ferdinand's claims that covert racism exists in football. The former England striker claims some club owners and chairmen are being racist - even though they don't realise it - and he has called for a Rooney Rule-style law to be implemented into the game.
"I think there is probably covert racism in parts of our society and therefore it would be surprising if it was not in football," Dyke told Sky Sports News HQ. "I don't think people are blatantly racist but I still think there are views and I think that we've got to change those.
"We've got a group looking at precisely what they think the best things are to do, but one of the things that is coming out is the announcement that we are going to have bursaries so that we can help fund people to go on through coaching.
"Those bursaries would disproportionately be used to help people from minority communities who can't afford to get through because in any area where you say 'there are not enough people from those communities compared to the population at large', it seems to me we should try and do something.
