article_snippet: If you show the players respect you show the players respect tend to respect you.
article_snippet: Respect is the other issue; one, in fairness to football, that the authorities have tried to tackle with different campaigns over the years.
article_snippet: Only if you are very naive would you say football doesn’t have an issue with respect,’ says Owens.
article_snippet: But Rugby shouldn’t take the moral high ground either because I’ve seen problems in our sport too.
article_snippet: Ultimately it’s a problem in society, although football has to recognise it can influence how young people behave in society.