{"id":25292,"date":"2022-11-07T17:30:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1733543"},"modified":"2022-11-07T17:57:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:57:11","slug":"rio-ferdinand-on-how-his-new-series-tipping-point-can-lead-to-positive-impactful-change","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/rio-ferdinand-on-how-his-new-series-tipping-point-can-lead-to-positive-impactful-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand on how his new series Tipping Point can lead to \u201cpositive, impactful change\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 07 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Since he called time on his playing career in 2015, Rio Ferdinand has enjoyed a pretty seamless transition to broadcasting.<\/p>\n

The former Manchester United centre-back can regularly be seen as a pundit on BT Sport, is commonly part of the BBC\u2019s team covering major international tournaments, and has fronted a range of factual programmes including the award-winning documentary Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad<\/a> (which earned him a BAFTA in 2018).<\/p>\n

His latest project is Rio Ferdinand\u2019s Tipping Point, a three-part docuseries for Amazon Prime Video<\/a> covering three separate issues that continue to plague modern football \u2013 racism, homophobia, and players struggling with their mental health.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, the ex-England international explains why the series marks new territory for him \u2013 and reveals what it was about the project that made him so keen to sign up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been approached to do things on racism and different topics around football many times, but I think the difference with this one \u2013 and we had the ability to talk about this \u2013 is that it wasn\u2019t going to be something where it was just highlighting the issues,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s always a lot of these things that are done where it\u2019s just about highlighting issues, it\u2019s not about what\u2019s the next step. And I think we tried to get that across in these different episodes \u2013\u00a0 yes, there\u2019s an issue and yes, we\u2019ll highlight it, but how do we get the ball rolling to continue the conversation for some sort of development and positive, impactful change?\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>The first of the three episodes finds Ferdinand on fairly familiar ground. Both during his playing days and since his retirement, he has been vocal about how racism remains depressingly prevalent in the game, and he has often played his part in campaigns aimed at stamping out this form of bigotry. Progress has been slow, but Ferdinand hopes that by learning lessons from abroad, and by taking into account major developments in tracking racist abuse on social media, there is a clear way forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that one of the important parts was travelling and going and seeing different people,\u201d he explains of a scene in the episode that sees him meet former England international Eni Aluko, who now works for Los Angeles-based club Angel City FC. The pair discuss how in some ways, the USA is further forward when it comes to dealing with racism in sport, and Ferdinand came away from the encounter with some new ideas for how current Premier League pros can lead the charge for change on this side of the pond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the NBA is a really good example,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen they\u2019re not happy with a certain situation or an incident, they come together as a unified group, and make their feelings heard \u2013 and they do move the dial and get decisions overruled or changed. They have an impact on certain areas because they are together and I think our players can definitely learn from that. That was one of the big learnings from doing this documentary \u2013 you are definitely much more powerful as a group.\u201d<\/p> <p>Another key scene in the first episode sees Ferdinand visit a pub near Burnley\u2019s Turf Moor stadium. Some may recall the infamous incident where a banner bearing the slogan \u201cWhite Lives Matter\u201d was flown overhead during a match between Manchester City and Burnley at the Etihad in 2020. This visit was a sobering experience for Ferdinand, who describes some of the exchanges he had in the pub as \u201clike you went into a time machine backwards\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought that was quite an insightful scene, and a powerful scene,\u201d he says. \u201cI didn\u2019t even have to say much to get what we got out of it. There\u2019s a level of ignorance, there\u2019s a level of, I think, a lack of education. And there\u2019s denial, definitely in the actions of these people and the impact that it has on communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have no idea really, and they don\u2019t really see the errors in their ways. But also that\u2019s a societal issue as well, because again it\u2019s a lack of education, and being in an area where there are not really many people of colour there. So all those factors merge together and lead you to get situations like the plane being flown above the stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a long way to go then, but Ferdinand has already been encouraged by some of the reactions he saw while he was making the series, especially the fact that he was invited to meet Premier League officials and give evidence at Westminster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reaction of the Premier League is a good example in that now I\u2019m actually going in at board level and talking to the board based on the filming that we\u2019ve been doing,\u201d he reveals. \u201cSo their reaction has been a positive one in that sense \u2013 although time will tell how positive that is and how much impact that\u2019s going to have and how much of a voice we can have in that room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact I\u2019m going in at that level \u2013 and not just me, but a group of players that are current players \u2013 and can have that voice in that room is a step in the right direction, but I think we can\u2019t get carried away at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\""image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\""padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint05-ec18ca8.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint05-ec18ca8.jpg?quality=90&resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint05-ec18ca8.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=355%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" 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data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint05-ec18ca8.jpg?quality=90&resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint05-ec18ca8.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint05-ec18ca8.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint05-ec18ca8.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint05-ec18ca8.jpg?quality=90&resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint05-ec18ca8.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=556%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint05-ec18ca8.jpg?quality=90&resize=556%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><img class=\""wp-image-1733662\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint05-ec18ca8.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" width=\""620"\" height=\""413"\" alt=\"""\" title=\"""\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> <div class=\""caption-hold"\"> <span class=\""im-image-caption"\"> <i>Prime Video<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Of course, Ferdinand has first-hand experience of racism in football, whereas the episode on homophobia saw him tackling an issue that is less immediately relatable to him. This opportunity was one of the things about Tipping Point that appealed the most to him, and he says he is grateful that the series gave him the opportunity to address some of his own past mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that was the challenging, exciting kind of element to it,\u201d he reveals. \u201cI think people would expect me to do a documentary about racism because I\u2019ve been so vocal in years gone by, but the sexuality episode \u2013 and even the mental health episode \u2013 not so much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo my approach to it was very different. I\u2019m going into racism with a bit more knowledge and understanding, whereas with sexuality that was very much an area where there was a vulnerability for me, kind of showing up with my mistakes that I had made previously and enabling other people to go, \u2018I\u2019m probably sitting in that boat as well.’\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The episode sees Ferdinand speak to several of the small number of male professional footballers who are openly gay \u2013 including former Aston Villa midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger, who came out a year after his retirement, and currently active players such as Australian Josh Cavallo and American Collin Martin. He says he learned a lot from these encounters, including discovering that he was approaching the fact that so few high-profile players have come out in the wrong way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think going into that episode, we talked a lot about \u2018Where is the player, when\u2019s the player coming out, why isn\u2019t the player coming out?’\u201d he reveals. \u201cAnd it became a bit of a witch hunt. I think a lot of articles in papers are quite aligned to that as well, and that makes it very scary for an individual who is on the cusp of coming out or just exploring the idea of coming out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we had to kind of change our mindset really. In becoming part of that witch hunt process, inevitably you end up scaring that person and making it a place completely the opposite of what it should be, which is a safe place for that person to come out. So every person is an individual and has to be treated like that, and each case will be very different.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\""image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\""padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?quality=90&resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?quality=90&resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=404%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?quality=90&resize=404%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?quality=90&resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?quality=90&resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?quality=90&resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><img class=\""wp-image-1733661\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint02-989181a.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" width=\""620"\" height=\""413"\" alt=\"""\" title=\"""\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> <div class=\""caption-hold"\"> <span class=\""im-image-caption"\"> <i>Prime Video<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>While some progress has been made around LGBTQIA+ rights at club level and among fanbases, there is currently justifiable concern about the upcoming World Cup in Qatar \u2013 a country where homosexuality remains illegal. There\u2019s a feeling that the decision to stage football\u2019s most glamorous tournament in a nation with clearly homophobic laws undermines any progress that has been made, so does Ferdinand think that this kind of thing could actually make it harder for players to come out?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he replies, appearing rather reluctant to be drawn on the subject. \u201cI think it\u2019s more about\u2026 the experience I had filming this was that football clubs and the people that work within football clubs setting the right culture for people is a real big, big influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe went to LA and spoke to a guy who works in the commercial department, very high up in the LA Dodgers franchise. And him coming out \u2013 and getting married on the mound in the middle of the park at the stadium \u2013 are positive influences, and it\u2019s reassuring for people that it\u2019s accepted within the franchise and the club but also looked at as normal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think those types of examples are very important going forward for people, whether it be current players or people that are working within those clubs. They have an impact on the fans and the fan base and the way that they act and respond to situations like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The final episode of the series explores another issue that has often been stigmatised in football \u2013 mental health. It particularly focuses on young players, with recent years having seen an alarming uptick in the number of players reporting problems with depression and anxiety at academy level. This is another area where Ferdinand was able to draw on his past experiences \u2013 especially by reflecting on the way that he himself had avoided broaching the subject early in his own career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn football, the culture has always been a macho environment, and with any sign of vulnerability or emotion, you\u2019re deemed as somebody who\u2019s surplus to requirements,\u201d he says. \u201cI was probably part of that problem, as I discuss on that episode, and that was the culture back then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhereas I think now, even my own experience is that talking and communicating and showing a vulnerable side of yourself, showing emotion, being able to say that things aren\u2019t okay, that should be embraced. And I think there\u2019s going to have to be an education process for the people that are coaching, or in the education areas of these football clubs, to enable these young people to be able to speak and to feel comfortable and not actually feel that they\u2019ll be judged in the aftermath of showing that side of themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\""image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\""padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint06-57bd1e8.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint06-57bd1e8.jpg?quality=90&resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" 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data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint06-57bd1e8.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint06-57bd1e8.jpg?quality=90&resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint06-57bd1e8.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint06-57bd1e8.jpg?quality=90&resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><img class=\""wp-image-1733663\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/RioFerdinandsTippingPoint06-57bd1e8.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" width=\""620"\" height=\""413"\" alt=\"""\" title=\"""\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\""caption-hold"\"><figcaption class=\""wp-caption-text"\"><span class=\""caption-copy"\"><i class=\""icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Rio Ferdinand in Tipping Point.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\""im-image-caption"\"> <i>Prime Video<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Ferdinand argues that past initiatives to combat mental health struggles in the game have often been nothing more than \u201ctick box exercises\u201d and \u2013 as with the other episodes in Tipping Point\u00a0 \u2013 he hopes the programme can encourage people to think about dealing with the issue in a more proactive way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a lot of companies and a lot of the stakeholders within the game, whether you\u2019re looking at sponsors, commercial companies, or the organisations that run the game\u2026 nothing tangible or sustainable has been done. It\u2019s just like, we\u2019ll do it for this little period of time, just to make sure that it looks like we\u2019re okay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd again, us highlighting those things and the lack of belief and trust in the players, we would like to think would kickstart a more positive mindset towards these issues going forward. But I\u2019m not sitting here saying that we\u2019ve rewritten the rulebook and things are all fine and dandy now \u2013 this journey has gotta continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rio Ferdinand\u2019s Tipping Point is streaming on Prime Video from Friday 11th November \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/video\/offers\/?tag=radtim0b-21&ascsubtag=radiotimes-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\" data-geniuslink=\""https:\/\/buy.geni.us\/Proxy.ashx?TSID=114542&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fgp%2Fvideo%2Foffers%2F%3Ftag%3Dradtim0b-21%26ascsubtag%3Dradiotimes-1731861&dtb=1"\">try Amazon Prime Video for free for 30 days<\/a>. <\/strong><strong>Looking for something else to watch? 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