albion534
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The problem is that any solution could be open to cheating. The open and shut cases where half the crowd is involved just don't happen in the UK. They may be elsewhere but that's another matter for Fifa/Uefa - perhaps they should suspend the entire league. Here it's likely to be a complete one-off or two-off.
Take the 'walk-off' - would the match be restarted or abandoned and held again later? Would there be a safeguard that the abused person's team wouldn't suffer as a result?
Next, who would decide if a player was racially abused? Would the word of one player be enough or would the ref need to hear it too?
As for the fine and points deduction option, would the game continue - even though one or more opposition players would continue to be abused? What if that team were so upset that they couldn't focus on their game and lost heavily - would they be able to claim the points?
What if one player 'heard' abuse that was never there? What if he really was the only one that heard it (it can get very noisy and if he just happened to be close to the abuser it could happen). What if his team were losing heavily at the time? What if the abuser was a rogue fan in the wrong end who decided to abuse his team because they were losing heavily?
Would there need to be an arrest made (and a conviction) before any of the above could happen?
If anyone thinks there is an easy solution then just forget it - if there was it would be in place now.
There's not an easy solution, but the more FIFA and UEFA shy away from doing anything about it....they deserve abuse