um bongo molongo
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That anyone thinks 10 games is harsh for biting someone - BITING like some sort of feral animal - has really quite shocked me.
7 for attempting to trip a ref
Can someone tell me why one of these gets a 10 match ban and everyone acting like the fella has ended someones career and the other gets a yellow card and no-one really cares.
So you are a firm believer in "2 wrongs make a right"?
I had a look at the FIFA recommendations, and they don't have anything listed for biting (probably because it happens so rarely). However for spitting (in my opinion, a similar but slightly less severe offence) the recommendation is at least six matches. I think ten for Suarez is pretty much spot on.
The bit where he spat the flesh out of his mouth and the blood was oozing out of his mouth like some rabid cannibal was particularly shocking, I barely believe it actually happened - deserves the death penalty?
got a link for these? that would be interesting to look at.
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/50/02/75/discoinhalte.pdf - The reference I quoted is on page 30.
Also of interest are the recommendations set down in rugby. To highlight how serious they view biting, the only offence with a more serious punishment is the physical abuse of match officials.
As a comparison...
A low end biting offence is set down at 12 weeks, mid range at 18 weeks, and top end at 24+ weeks
A top end punching offence is only 8+ weeks
A top end elbow is 9+ weeks
A top end head butt is 16 + weeks
A top end kick is 12 + weeks etc
To compare with the FIFA spitting suggestion of a minimum 6 matches, the IRB low end sanction is only 4 weeks, so an argument of the IRB being overly harsh doesn't stand up either.
Link - IRB Handbook The sanctions start on page 258.
I don't think anyone is denying that Defoe should have been dealt with more harshly, but I think you can put that down to the stubbornness about retrospective action. Although from a consistency perspective, I would argue that a punishment for a first offence of 7 matches and second offence of 10 matches is about right.
PS Have permission from the good lady wife to start playing again. What time next week?
You make it sound as if it is Ivanovic's fault for being bitten. If he had decked Suarez, he would have been quite rightly sent off. Thank God he has got some self control.
And I agree 10 games is too much - out of proportion when compared to career threatening tackles
Can someone tell me why one of these gets a 10 match ban and everyone acting like the fella has ended someones career and the other gets a yellow card and no-one really cares.
Is Brendan Rodgers really that dumb? Saying they have punished the man and not the offence and that it doesn't help his rehabilitation? WTF! He was banned for 7 games for biting an opponent when in Holland and that hasn't stopped him so clearly he needs a greater deterrent. Rehab is not the responsibility of the FA, that's down to Liverpool as he is their employee and presumably they want him to continue to be so, albeit with him on the pitch and not in the stand! If he hadn't bitten before or been found guilty of racist comments then perhaps he would have got a lighter penalty.