fair (if not harsh) punishment

The offence is nothing like as serious as either taking drugs or deliberately undermining the system by which drugs are detected. It was a single comment, possibly made (I know nothing about the circumstances of the incident) in the heat of the moment and almost certainly unpremeditated and it had no impact on the outcome of the game being played. Moreover, players are not usually punished for things said on the pitch, and so as long as their manic (and probably equally offensive) ranting is confined to matters other than racism, it is excused or ignored or put down to "passion" or whatever. I'm not saying that the comment was either acceptable or not worthy of punishment, merely that i think that in common with many people you're promoting racism into some sort of super-offence, far worse than all the other things that commonly occur.

Posted By: paulg on November 30th 2006 at 15:56:10

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Lenient punishment ? (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 30, 12:53:07
- fair (if not harsh) punishment (Other Football) - paulg, Nov 30, 15:56:10
- Yes but (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 30, 13:09:35
- It's ok, spains coach got fine 2k and that was it (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Nov 30, 12:54:44
  - Still doesn't make it OK does it ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 30, 12:56:16
    - I didn't think Thatcher deserved an eight match ban, but a media frenzy saw to that (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Nov 30, 12:59:14
      - She deserves everything she gets - harridan (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 30, 13:05:10
      - I'm not talking about Thatcher or Aragones. I am talking about Kenneth Perez. (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 30, 13:02:22
        
        I don't know, that's kind of the point I'm making (Other Football) - pants, Nov 30, 13:08:10
        
        I agree, but pants is also right (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 30, 13:05:56
        
        depends on if you call his time with Peterborough a job in football (Other Football) - blindasabat, Nov 30, 13:24:32
        
        cut his balls off (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Nov 30, 13:04:34

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