Liverpool FC will not appeal the Luis Suarez suspension
by Stephen Schmidt on Jan 3, 2012 7:26 PM GMT
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The club has just released a statement stating that they will not in fact be appealing the decision of the FA to suspend Luis Suarez for 8 games due to his racial abuse of Patrice Evra. Suarez will now miss both of the Carling Cup semi-final legs, the FA cup third round tie, and Liverpool's next five Premier League contests beginning with Manchester City in about 15 minutes. The statement is a pretty far cry from the one the club released upon the initial release of the decision, this one seems to be far more thought ought and composed. From a non-Liverpool fans point of view I think this is probably the correct decision, so kudos to LFC for simply accepting the ban and moving on.
Suarez has also released a statement of his own, and this one should probably have been a few sentences shorter. He clearly still feels he did nothing wrong, and regardless of those feelings he should probably just apologize and move on:
In my country, 'negro' is a word we use commonly, a word which doesn't show any lack of respect and is even less so a form of racist abuse. Based on this, everything which has been said so far is totally false. I will carry out the suspension with the resignation of someone who hasn't done anything wrong and who feels extremely upset by the events.
Obviously he feels he's being portrayed in a far too negative light, and while that may be the case he should probably just take a little vacation and shut his mouth. The guy has been living in Europe since 2006, it's not like he just dropped into England last week. Regardless of how he feels his comments should have been taken this, suspension set's a precedence for what just will not be tolerated on the pitch in England. Frankly speaking, it's probably far too late in happening anyway.
John Terry will be next up to be tried and judged, and if found guilty I certainly hope the club and player handle the situation far better than their rivals to the north. Between the actions of Suarez, LFC, and the respective fans of that club we have had a perfect example of how not to handle the Terry situation. Regardless of how Terry and the club handle the situation, let's make sure that as fans we wait until we have all of the facts and findings before either vilifying the player or jumping to his defense.
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I don't know which would have been worse for Suarez...
…admitting the offence, and proving that his defence was phony bullshit, or sticking to it, ignoring the fact that the evidence pretty clearly suggests it was phony bullshit.
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Either way, his statement is pretty disgusting, in my opinion.
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It's good that they aren't appealing.
But the cynical side of me says it’s because he’ll only miss 5 PL fixtures and will be back just in time for Man United away.
I could understand if Suarez felt misunderstood innerly
innerly is the emphasis here. But releasing this sort of statement is just stupid methinks. It’s like committing a crime and then saying afterward you are innocent because you didn’t know that action would be considered a crime.
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but he clearly new what he was doing and saying was upsetting Evra
so he can’t say he had no idea what he was doing was wrong
by Sabrina Dessipe on Jan 3, 2012 7:38 PM GMT up reply actions
The FA agree.
They basically said that, given the tone of the incident, even what Suarez claimed he said would have been offensive in that context.
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Yes, that's why I said
“could” because in fact I can’t. I was referring to the racial aspect only; not the abuse aspect
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well if someone is being abusive and referencing someone's race
they are being racially abusive. No matter the situation really saying you kicked someone “because you are black” constitutes racial abuse.
by Sabrina Dessipe on Jan 3, 2012 7:43 PM GMT up reply actions
In the Suarez case it would be obvious
but on a more general matter I could imagine referencing someone’s nationality and being abusive without the reference to the nationality being the actual abusive element. Need to think more if it’s also valid with racism
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To clarify my initial point
is more this: it reads to me Suarez thinks himself racial abuse is like normal abuse or any other demeaning term, or maybe no demeaning term by itself (the word itself) but only used in that context it became abrasive. But saying this, as sort of defense, in my eyes, is just utterly stupid
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I understand his desire to be portrayed in a better light
and folks would definitely suggest he shouldn’t have taken such actions if that is how he would like to be seen, but I have to wonder who does the PR work for some of these players. Does no one consult them? There is a way to make a statement and suggest you feel wrongly portrayed and to do so with sincerity and being upset, without making the statement that Suarez made. Maybe they take the theory that if they continually use the word in their defense, that they are desensitizing it and showing it is just like any other word where he is from. But given the results of the report and the fact that LFC will not appeal, it only aggravates the situation and makes him appear all the more deserving of the punishment.
I havent read the LFC statement suggesting they wont appeal, but sincerely hope it is because they are willing to accept their player may not have acted in the best interest of the sport or club, but part of me worries that they are doing it so that they can make him out to be a martyr. I really hope not.
That said...
it will be interesting to see how Terry’s situation is handled. I wonder that if he continues to confess that it was said, even if only repeating an allegation, and that it was stupid and has no place in football (much less the world), if he would see a lesser punishment?
Speaking of terrible things being said during a football match, anyone hear the rumors about what some Barnsley fans supposedly chanted against Billy Sharp? Rumors, I know, but that is truly sick if any one fan said anything of the like.
All in all
He said something that in this country is unacceptable. Just because he allegedly call Glen Johnson the same word doesn’t mean he can just say it to anyone. I’ve had an argument with a few LFC fans about this because to me it isn;t about LFC it is about a company that has an employee that offended someone using language that isn’t cool.
Fair enough if he says it to his friends but to say it to someone on an opposing team who he doesn’t know very well is at the very least stupid.
I wish someone from LFC would just say sorry.
I wish they'd just go get relegated and disappear from the spotlight forever
by Stephen Schmidt on Jan 4, 2012 4:41 PM GMT up reply actions
They did a Leeds in my FM 2012 game, if that helps.
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