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[Albion] "You're black and you stink" Rodriquez comment to Bong? - FA say not proven







SeagullinExile

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studio150

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Evidence gathered at the hearing is being considered by the FA, but it could be three weeks before a verdict is announced.

Which virtually takes us to the end of the season, when the incident arose in a match in January.
 




smudge

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Jul 8, 2003
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FA just waiting for the right moment to bury bad news. I have a feeling Mr Trump may be about to provide the ideal cover.
 


Fungus

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So he could be found guilty in a kangaroo court at Wembley of "probably" racially abusing someone, and he has no recourse ?

Blimey.

Not exactly a "kangaroo court", though.
 










Creaky

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So he could be found guilty in a kangaroo court at Wembley of "probably" racially abusing someone, and he has no recourse ?

Blimey.

I presume that if the FA charge stands and he can show a real loss due to the decision he could sue GB for damages and would only have to show that, on the balance of probabilities, he didn’t racially abuse him.
 




Uncle Spielberg

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The whole things seems a bit of a farce atm. Carpet under sweep exercise seems likely in which case why bother in the first place ?
 


Blue Valkyrie

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Evidence gathered at the hearing is being considered by the FA, but it could be three weeks before a verdict is announced.

Which virtually takes us to the end of the season, when the incident arose in a match in January.
They want West Brom to be mathematically relegated before announcing the decision, so the relegation cannot be blamed on any sanction, and end up in court.
 


Herr Tubthumper

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I presume that if the FA charge stands and he can show a real loss due to the decision he could sue GB for damages and would only have to show that, on the balance of probabilities, he didn’t racially abuse him.

I guess it depends what’s in his Premier League playing contract. I imagine there must be something in it to prevent this as I’m sure John Terry would have tried something? I recall teams could not sue each other, does this still hold?
 




vegster

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May 5, 2008
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The whole things seems a bit of a farce atm. Carpet under sweep exercise seems likely in which case why bother in the first place ?

Does seem to be taking forever ? surely by now some decision should have been made ?


PS, Did you enjoy Public Service Broadcasting last week ? had a marvellous time, nice to see we were not the oldest in there !
 


Uncle Spielberg

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Does seem to be taking forever ? surely by now some decision should have been made ?


PS, Did you enjoy Public Service Broadcasting last week ? had a marvellous time, nice to see we were not the oldest in there !

It was superb !
 


Thunder Bolt

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Evidence gathered at the hearing is being considered by the FA, but it could be three weeks before a verdict is announced.

Which virtually takes us to the end of the season, when the incident arose in a match in January.

That's ok because if he gets a 5 match suspension, it will carry on until next season. Gordon Greer got a red card at Swindon, we bought him and he was suspended for our first two matches, because he'd only been suspended for one game at his previous club.
 






BensGrandad

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I would say that everything fall down to the High Court ruling that by accepting their contract the players agree to any rules and or findings of the FA. so loss of earnings etc would be totally irrelevant. As has been stated if their was any avenue of a loophole John Terry legal team would have used it.
 


Taybha

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