Torino101 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 "The player Luis Suárez is banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for a period of four (4) months in accordance with art. 22 of the FDC." Does that mean he'll miss the first 2.5 months of the premiership??? (If he's still with Liverpool)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Debate going on at the moment on the radio on whether the 4 month admin ban prevents him being sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 That's pretty spineless, given the punishments handed out to players for lesser and singular offences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP27 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 They should insist too that his front teeth are extracted - without anaesthetic...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 That's pretty spineless, given the punishments handed out to players for lesser and singular offences. Yes, but, it's more than I was expecting given his legal representative also happens to be a FIFA official, and the Uruguayan FIFA committee were denying there was any evidence against him whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Klinsmann's accent. Like a German John McEnroe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 So the USA are now a better World Cup team than England, Spain, Portugal (add the other 13 failed teams). Oh my, there is no hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 That's pretty spineless, given the punishments handed out to players for lesser and singular offences.such as what?It is the longest ban FIFA have handed out (albeit by only 1 game). And the worldwide ban affects the club really not his country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 such as what? It is the longest ban FIFA have handed out (albeit by only 1 game). And the worldwide ban affects the club really not his country. Rio - 8 months for missing a drug test. Cantona - 9 month ban for the 'Kung Fu' incident. Yes, they're FA decisions, but they make the Suarez ban look lenient - especially taking into account that it's his 3rd such offence, on top of a ban for making racist comments during a game. (Some international ones: Mahmoud - 1 year for spitting at a referee, Rojas - lifetime for faking an injury, Pinto - 6 month ban for 'striking' a referee) I don't get the Scouse 'victim' mentality on this one - he's a LFC employee, even if on international duty, so they also have a responsibility for his actions. If you or I had done that, we could well be facing community service / police caution / custodial sentence - and if we'd done it at work, we'd be fired. He's incredibly lucky with such a small and relatively insignificant ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 He'd have got a longer ban if he had called Blatter a spineless, bribe taking fat c unt! 4 months for biting in an international match? 4 months??? WTF??? These people really do faff about and do not have a fecking clue about the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 The 4 months is a bit of a joke when he'll be in holiday for at least one of them. However I'm glad FIFA did apply a total ban. An international only ban really would have been a piss take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 If this is true, I'm astounded. It's a new low, even for the Scousers. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/international/article4131509.ece "Offended by everything, ashamed of nothing" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 "considering legal action" means they're pissed off and don't like it but are unlikely to win any legal case and hence are unlikely to take it further. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinspark Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 It doesn't do their image any favours that they've come public and admitted they're 'considering action', though. They should be supporting the ban to make a statement to the footballing world that they're no longer going to tolerate that kind of misconduct. After the T-shirt debacle, it's surely the only way forward for them? Unless they really do think it's acceptable to have an employee going around biting people in the workplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I totally agree with you but they also need to consider the fans point of view which seems to be ban him from internationals but not from club football. I see this as a way of pacifying them and then when the heat dies down a bit they'll likely drop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torino101 Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Can you imagine this in other sporting arenas!? Imagine Murray biting Federer at Wimbledon or Stuart Broad biting Michael Clarke at Lords..... Footballers really are the lowest common denominator sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Tyson biting Holyfield, rugby players eye gouging, it's not just football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Football will always get the blame though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torino101 Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I'm not excusing Tyson, but he does have the defence that he's participating in a sport where the actual objective is to hurt the opponent, in Football it is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted June 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I'm glad you're not excusing him, because he's also a convicted rapist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torino101 Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Yeah, because there aren't many footballers that have been convicted of that..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted June 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I don't see the link to Tyson at all. Tyson was a complete thug with very serious mental issues. Don't label all of football rotten just because of Suarez. It is a far too often used and easy insult from those who don't really know much about the wider sport at all. Such as Arsenal fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Diego Maradona has likened Suarez ban to being "handcuffed and thrown in Guantanamo bay". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted June 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 But, despite being the best player to ever kick a ball, he's just a little scumbag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I'm not excusing Tyson, but he does have the defence that he's participating in a sport where the actual objective is to hurt the opponent, in Football it is not. See what I mean. So a boxer, who is meant to box, ie with his hands and actually bites off someone's ear is 'meant to hurt someone'. Not like footballers! Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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