Suarez being punished but others not

thelad95

Ok before I ask my question, 1. I'm not a Liverpool fan 2. I'm not condoning what Suarez did

BUT

How come Suarez is apparently going to be reprimanded but the multiple kicking, slapping, headbutting and elbowing that was captured on camera during the France-Ecuador game will go unpunished as has Diego Costa's blatant headbutt in the first game against the Netherlands. What kind of message are FIFA trying to send out here? I agree that Suarez should be punished and severely so but if all the above is left unpunished, you can't help but feel they are trying to make an example of him.

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2moreMinutes

I'm gonna go away, have a think about the answer to this and come back and post my answer in a new thread once this one is locked.

Lukker-

Sakho's elbow was worse today. It's obviously not as blatant or outrageous but it's at least equal in deserving retrospective action. But the media probably won't make much of a storm about that so it will be ignored.

Fifa at the end of the the day is a corporation, so it is always going to act in the wake of storm like this, especially when they are not so rosy with the media themselves at the minute. In fact this will probably take the heat off the whole corruption thing nicely for them. A handy distraction really.

tomaussie

I don't really care about any of this as cheating is the biggest single problem in soccer and nobody wants anything done about that ? Pointless caring.

And I'm gob smacked that Costa didn't get a ban for violent conduct. You are spot on with that call and I'm sure if we started a thread called 'cheating moments in football' or 'incidents that were never punished' it would run for hundreds of pages.

Singling out Suarez in this hysterical way is incomprehensible. And to all the ex-footballers chipping in with their two cents ? - NONE of you have a leg to stand on when it comes to criticizing current players. Hypocrites.

citytillidie

tomaussie wrote: »

I don't really care about any of this as cheating is the biggest single problem in soccer and nobody wants anything done about that ? Pointless caring.

And I'm gob smacked that Costa didn't get a ban for violent conduct. You are spot on with that call and I'm sure if we started a thread called 'cheating moments in football' or 'incidents that were never punished' it would run for hundreds of pages.

Singling out Suarez in this hysterical way is incomprehensible. And to all the ex-footballers chipping in with their two cents ? - NONE of you have a leg to stand on when it comes to criticizing current players. Hypocrites.

Alan Shearer is biggest of the lot I mean he got away with kicking someone in te head because he was England captain

NoelJ

It's because its biting. People have a specific hatred towards people biting as most people don't believe it's a normal reaction. If someone gets annoyed they usually punch, headbutt, kick, elbow but they don't bite. I believe it's because it's not the norm that people are in shock.

If someone gave me a choice over being headbutted by Zidane, tackled by Roy Keane, elbowed by Tasotti or bitten in the shoulder by Suarez, I know which one I'd take. The potential consequences need to be taken into account when it's been look at after. In a court this would be taken into account so no idea why Fifa shouldn't either. A bite won't cause as much damage as the other ones but will get a much longer ban. Zidane was a similar character to Suarez, during his career he had multiple ridiculous unsporting moments but only got a 3 game ban for the headbutt which was a much bigger attack on a person than Suarez's bite in my opinion. He should definitely be banned but not as long as the media are spouting on about.

dfx-

OP, there have been several Suarez conversations in the forum and one devoted thread to the topic that was closed.

2moreMinutes wrote: »

I'm gonna go away, have a think about the answer to this and come back and post my answer in a new thread once this one is locked.

Stage One complete. What about the answer to the question asked in that new thread?