Was the punishment given to Luis Suarez fair?

No time to read the whole thread, so apologies if this is covering old ground.

I think that in cases of grave misconduct like this (e.g. racist abuse, kung fu kicks, headbutts, serial biting, etc.), FIFA or the relevant national FA should impose a punishment on the team as well as the player.

These kids are practically raised by their clubs and it is too easy for clubs to treat them like pure economic assets. So when someone has a serious behavioural malfunction, the club can cut their losses and ship him off to be someone else's problem.

If the clubs were seriously and punitively penalized for the conduct of their players, then they would have a greater incentive to invest more time and effort in properly educating them. It would also avoid players falling into that fog of enabling -- my club right-or-wrong -- support that they get from their clubs and supporters when something like this happens. The most shocking thing about Suarez's behavior is that he clearly still feels that he is being singled out and victimized and that can only be a product of his environment. He is surrounded by people who have convinced him that nothing he does is wrong, so long as he keeps banging the goals in.

So, to answer the question, I think the punishment doled out to Suarez was too severe, but Uruguay should have been tossed out of the tournament or fined some extraordinary amount of money.

[and (sadly) England STILL wouldn't have qualified!!]

Well at least Uruguay lost sdo we don't hve to worry about them ruining the competition

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So hes finally admitted what we all knew, i wonder if the uruguay f.a. now admit it as well. reports in spain saying barca told him he had to apologise or he wouldn't get his move!

It doesn't sound like he's admitting anything.

The other guy suffered the physical result of a bite.
That's different to saying that he actually bit him, still going along with the idea that Chiellini was unfortunate enough to fall onto his open mouth.

(30-06-2014 17:41 )circles_o_o_o Wrote:  It doesn't sound like he's admitting anything.

The other guy suffered the physical result of a bite.
That's different to saying that he actually bit him, still going along with the idea that Chiellini was unfortunate enough to fall onto his open mouth.

i think thats the best hes going to do lol. maybe he didnt realise he wrote that apology, he might have just fell onto his computer and his fingers just randomly pressed some keys

or his agent or his mum wrote it for him

Didn't Chewy say he would not bite anyone again the time before when he bit his 2nd footballer? Words are cheaper than actions of course.

(30-06-2014 20:06 )bytor Wrote:  Didn't Chewy say he would not bite anyone again the time before when he bit his 2nd footballer? Words are cheaper than actions of course.

i think he did say that, but this apology is only because he wants his move to barca! i dont even remember if he apologised to evra for racially abusing him. Wonder what liverpool fans think about him now and his antics, prob still defend him anyway Funny how he never apologised and then a few days later though he kind of admitted to biting chellini. Still i suppose when u want a big move and barca tell u to do something then your gonna do it!

(30-06-2014 20:06 )bytor Wrote:  Didn't Chewy say he would not bite anyone again the time before when he bit his 2nd footballer? Words are cheaper than actions of course.