Neil Warnock believes the only way to force the Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, to resign is if every black player refused to play in the next round of international fixtures.
Blatter has apologised for his comments about racism in football but he will not resign after saying incidents of racist abuse on the pitch could be settled by a post-match handshake.
"Racism does happen on the field of play and the shaking of a hand just doesn't put it right," said Warnock. "But who is going to sack him? I don't see that anybody is going to sack him.
"I think the only way we could get him out of the situation that he is in is if every black player in the country, in every country, refused to play in the next international game.
"That's the only way. Nothing else is going to get him out until he wants to go."
Blatter admitted his comments had caused a "serious incident" and that he had used "unfortunate words" which he "deeply regretted". But Warnock questioned whether Blatter's apology was sincere.
"He's a clever old man. You can make any apology sound sincere if you want to," said Warnock.
"I don't think he'll give two hoots, if I'm honest. Not about England. Some of the other countries put (racism) under the carpet. I look at Spain and it is not as vital or major an issue over there like it is in England."
Warnock says he was convinced of the need for change at the top of Fifa before this week's ill-advised comments by Blatter. "I've thought that (Blatter should go) for many years, not just now.
"The way he's fought not to have goal-line technology. We've had men on the moon for I don't know how many years and we can't put two cameras between two goalposts. If we can't get that through – I dread to think."
Which black players would be brave enough? I do agree it should be a united front though.
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wouldnt achieve anything, if youre going to boycott something it shudnt just be a certain race doing it, it should be everyone.
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hmm it can be effective if it's just blacks I think
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