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The Suarez Saga

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posted on 20/12/11

Indeed red_man.



Just keeping the thread on topic as best I can.

posted on 20/12/11

TR

Fair enough .

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posted on 20/12/11

To be honest Elvis I feel a bit guilty about deleted your original Rooney comment. I got a bit trigger happy with the old delete button. I dont use it often.

Re-post it and I'll leave it up

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posted on 20/12/11

Doesn't matter mate. I'm having the same debate on about 15 other threads anyway. Although my first post was relevant I believe?

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Elvis (U7425)

It was, I extend my humblest and most sincere apologies for the deletion.

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posted on 20/12/11

No probs.

posted on 20/12/11

For those that are interested Elvis made the very good point that FA should be equally as vigilant against swearing after making an example of Rooney last season.

posted on 20/12/11

For those that are interested Elvis made the very good point that FA should be equally as vigilant against swearing after making an example of Rooney last season.

comment by Elvis (U7425)

posted on 20/12/11

Stop double tapping!

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posted on 20/12/11

suarez is no stranger to controversy, in the world cup in the dutch league and now in the premier league,liverpool fans will obviously defend the player,and i believe the fa are making an example of suarez,but there is no doubt that his integrity and professionalism as a footballer is poor.

posted on 20/12/11

comment by Elvis (U7425)

posted 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

comment by Truetored (U4149)
posted 8 minutes ago
Well, Evra did exactly the same!!!!!
He used abusive language and called him South American in a racist way. I think that's actually worse then Suarez calling him negrito, which is buddy, homie or a friend... So, is Evra getting banned??
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Where did u get that info from?

I havent seen any suggestion that what Evra called Suarez was racist.
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it doesn't need to be racist. i found the rule on the bottom of page 115 of the fa handbook available at

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=fa%20rule%20e3&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDIQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefa.com%2Fthefa%2F~%2Fmedia%2FFiles%2FPDF%2FTheFA%2FRules_Regs%2FFA_Handbook_2010-11-v1.ashx%2FFA_Handbook_2010-11-v1.pdf&ei=uBXxTvfuJsfU8QPh8NXGAQ&usg=AFQjCNFm7Lresf9pgKYCIJxSKFUBkyZjAg&cad=rja

i know the link is a mess due to stupid google obfuscating links to pdf documents.

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comment by Truetored (U4149)
posted 8 minutes ago
Well, Evra did exactly the same!!!!!
He used abusive language and called him South American in a racist way. I think that's actually worse then Suarez calling him negrito, which is buddy, homie or a friend... So, is Evra getting banned??
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Where did u get that info from?

I havent seen any suggestion that what Evra called Suarez was racist.
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it doesn't need to be racist. i found the rule on the bottom of page 115 of the fa handbook available at
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Well that's not exactly the same then is it? Don't forget the FA charge mentions reference to skin colour.

posted on 20/12/11

Part two of the charge does.

Part one does not.

comment by Elvis (U7425)

posted on 20/12/11

comment by TalksRubbish (U3303)
posted 49 seconds ago
Part two of the charge does.

Part one does not.
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They couldn't charge him with part two, without charging him with part 1 though could they? Have a read of it. Part 1 leads into part 2.

posted on 20/12/11

Yes, but they are two separate charges.

posted on 20/12/11

Part one - "insulting words or behaviour" - apparently Evra admitted this in his own written evidence. Do the FA have to receive a complaint or can they act on their own initiative -but then someone at the FA would have to have initiative?

posted on 20/12/11

part 1 of the rule says "or a combination of, violent conduct, serious foul play, threatening, abusive,
indecent or insulting words or behaviour"

suarez (alleged) guilty of abusive/insulting words
evra (alleged) guilty of threatening/abusive words and behaviour... same rule.

part 2 says "including a reference to any one or more
of a person’s ethnic origin, colour, race, nationality, faith, gender, sexual orientation or disability"

suarez (alleged) guilty of race/colour
evra (alleged) guilty of ethnic origin/nationality, again the same rule.

the rules encompass many different factors of which they are both equally guilty or equally innocent.

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