How do you police accounts in the hundreds of thousands some of whom are overseas? Sounds like too much for the police to deal with.
I think the social media platforms should step in.. Permenant IP bans and delete the offending messages
But if it's direct messages to the players from real accounts then hell yeah let the police pay them a visit
Here’s the reality, we’re never going to stop racism, especially on the internet. These players just have to suck it up. There’s no point wasting police resources on these internet trolls. There are waaaaay too many of them.
Focus this energy on fans who racially abuse players in stadiums (once they’re open again). Deduct teams points, permanently ban those morons. But on the internet? It’s literally impossible.
You’ll get rival fans posing as supporters of the team of the players they abuse. As harsh as it sounds, these players need to get thicker skin when they receive online abuse.
Yeah it’s fukked up, and they shouldn’t accept in an ideal world but what do they really expect the police to do? Track down some stupid 12 year old CAC who just wants to get a rise out of these players? And if 1000 people do it to one player, do we want the police tracking 1000 trolls? It’s just not feasible.