UEFA President Alexander Saffron has revealed that players could still be expelled from the Champions League or European Championships for racism.
The Slovenian spoke with the same energy in response to the Hammer Stars challenge, which he angrily threatened to ban - from both competitions - to play in the Super League, which ends this week.
"We can do this. Restrictions on racism, for example, can be the same. We can stop them from playing their competition," Saffron told AirSport.
"We can do it. We are ready for any kind of approval and you know very well that we have discussed it many times. We are committed to it. And I think we can improve." This is not an easy fight but we will do what we can.
UEFA rules state that the penalty for racist abuse must be "at least 10 matches".
In England, Europe, and around the world, football's rulers have been accused of slowing down racism because it has no money.
Leeds striker Patrick Bamford clarified the concerns of all players in the game after his clubs 1-1 draw with Liverpool last Monday night.
Bamford said: "It's an amazing commotion in the game when someone's pocket gets hurt. It's a shame that it's not like there are racist mistakes going on with other things right now.
Two weeks ago, Valencia players walked off the pitch in solidarity with defender Moktar Diakabi, who has been accused of racially abusing Caddy player Juan Kala.
Back in December, PSG players also expressed solidarity with Turkish club Basakshir when they thought they had heard racist remarks from a match official.
Romania's fourth official, Sebastian Coltescu, was later suspended until the end of the season.
Slavia Prague defender Odrzej kudela was banned from ten games this month after he racially abused Rangers' Glenn Kumara in a tie in the Europa League.
The suspension is more than the suspension of the five major European leagues. But Kamara's camp claims - and many critics - claim it's not too far away.
Ceferin insisted that fighting racism now be a key to success. Unity is needed inside and outside the game.
He added: "We don't want racism in football. We don't want homosexuality, homophobia, discrimination. And we will fight it hard.
We fight it. Many people say: "Yes, but you just accept them." But what can we do?
We also need the help of governments. We need help from society. Children need to be raised properly and understand that you have good and bad people in the world. That different religions, colors, everything should be respected. So it's a social thing. We will play our part but governments should do their part and all institutions should work.
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