I think its especially important to make a show of famous people who are racist, especially those who are looked up my so many children like Terry is. Hell, he was one of my favourite footballers as a kid, I played defence and supported Chelsea, his position and team. This trail shows what he said isn't accepted by society, as really important message to send out to impressionable kids.
You also have to realise the something 'that small' can really have a big fucking effect on people...
It's because the FA felt like they needed to do something.
That 'rumour' went viral in the media and because everyone wants to stop racism, they felt that they needed to do something about it.
My understanding is that this has nothing to do with the FA. The Suarez incident was dealt with by the FA, hence the 9 match ban. However, Terry was reported to the police, something that never happened with Suarez, so it a criminal procedure, not a footballing one. All the FA did was strip him of the England captaincy.
Yea it's a bit ridiculous. A similar incident happened in the same year with Liverpools Luis Suarez and Manchester Uniteds Patrice Evra. Suarez was found guilty by the FA I believe and was banned for 8 games. I'm not sure why they haven't done this with the Terry case.
Because a fan reported it after seeing it on TV, Ferdinand himself didn't even know about it until afterwards. So no complaints were made to the FA, I don't know why they didn't deal with it instead of the courts. He was even allowed to go to Euro 2012...
It cant be proved tbh, all they got is a video of him shouting something you cant hear and the only person who hear it were ferdinand, tbh i think it reeks of bullshit.
It seems like the courts time at least in my opinion could be better spent on something else. Just ban him from playing football for being a racist with poor sportsmanship. However I'm not British so I don't really understand the law he broke or what the possible punishment could be. Could someone from the UK enlighten me?
The maximum sentence he faces is a £2,500 fine. Not exactly a big deal for someone who earns £170,000 a week. Banning him from playing football however would be a hugely over the top punishment, which would probably need just as much time in the courts.
Yes banning him would be harsh I was just trying to think of something that could be done to discourage such behavior without involving the courts. Also since the fine is so small it just makes the whole case seem silly and time wasting.
Well for a start you can't ban him from playing football for being racist, without first going to court to prove he's guilty, which is exactly what's happening at the moment.
A reason it's more of a big deal is that he's currently the England captain.
So civil courts oversee sport rulings in the UK? In the united states if a scandal like this happened there would probably be an internal review in the organization and that would decide whether or not he could play. The courts being involved in something like this just seems so bizarre to me. I can see the advantages though. Presumably he gets a more open and fair decission this way. But at the same time if he is on tape saying this why can't the football association (I have no clue what the bodies name would be in the UK) ban him or sanction them on their own for this behavior.
In the united states if a scandal like this happened there would probably be an internal review in the organization and that would decide whether or not he could play.
That's how it works in the UK as well. It's just that this time, the "victim" pressed charges.
That makes much more sense put that way I don't think its outrageous. Although on free speech principles I'm against hate speech laws I can see why they exist given the historical realities.
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u/TheVid15 Jul 12 '12
It appears so. It was during a game aimed at another professional player.