Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Racism in football

  There has been charges this week for John Terry and Luis Suarez as a result of the racist slurs they has horridly passed to fellow professionals this season .Both have deserved their bans and fines inflicted on them But in legal terms the cases of Terry and Suarez are dealt in a completely different way,because a fan overheard Terry`s racist slur towards Anton Ferdinand and therefore complained .
      The situation was brought to the police and eventually to Scotland Yard.But the charge that interest me is the Suarez-Evra incident.It was only Evra who complained .Suarez is well known for being a fiery character on the pitch but to be banned for 8 games for only taking the word of one player is out there to be debated .Now I`m not defending Suarez who is clearly in the wrong but Liverpool will be without the former Ajax man for 8 crucial matches which could decide their season .
      If Robin Van Persie was in Suarez`s shoes Arsenal would easily slip down the Premier League as they simply are not a quality team without him,Arsenal recently played against Marsielle in the Champions League group stage without RVP and therefore lacked class in the final third to score at home and as a result the match ended in a no score draw.
       I hope strict bans on players who are racist on the football field can kick racism out of football, it might result in more bans but i believe the right steps are being taken in order to prevent racism.

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