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I fucking hope not.

I do. Absolutely. Because of this incident and his proclivity for masticating opponents.

Interesting. People seem to hold a strong anti-Ghana bias for whatever reason and mitigate Saurez's bullshit because of it. Now I can truly quit this back-and-forth in good conscience!

gamesmanship 1. the use of methods, especially in a sports contest, that are dubious or seemingly improper but not strictly illegal. 2. the technique or practice of manipulating people or events so as to gain an advantage or outwit one's opponents or competitors. That describes Suarez's 100%...

...since I cannot resist. Last one. Seriously. Do me a favour, stick to analyzing statistics rather than making asinine assumptions on what I would do in hypothetical scenarios. It doesn't become you. This is hilariously rich coming from you; the guy that only a post earlier completely...

Meanwhile, I realize I'm repeating myself ad nauseam here, something I said I wouldn't bother to do a page ago. Now I'm done.

Funny, I already addressed your Messi rubbish. Refer to that.

So since the options are "play by the rules, get no praise" or "break the rules, have some praise you", what exactly? He should opt for the praise just because? Heh. I don't follow your point at all here... 95%? You sure? If that were accurate we'd have plenty more instances of Suarez-like...

I'm well-aware of the context, hence I can understand (while disagreeing with) why some people try to find ways to justify it. These same people would love to have a player willing to do that sort of stuff on their own team. I for one would not. I'm all for a player giving everything of himself...

I'd like to think the footballing community's collective "conscience" would shame players into not doing that sort of stuff.

The measure of his punishment isn't an issue with me. It's that he did something so brazen at all.

Honestly, you watched that and weren't disgusted? Even as a (I presume) neutral viewer and fan of the game?

If Vucinic did exactly what Suarez did, I wouldn't want him at Juventus either.

I don't understand this part. That outfield players cannot use their hands isn't a rule that needs to be changed, thus I can't blame the game at all. I blame Suarez!

Whether he was punished or not has no bearing on whether he cheated or not. He did. There's no way to argue around it. It's also nowhere in the realm "gamesmanship" as suggested above.

Perhaps you should be revisiting the definition yourself. What he did was categorically illegal.

No need, as I already know the definition. Are you implying Suarez playing as goalkeeper falls under that umbrella? It absolutely doesn't.

Yes. If you play a game and you break the rules (to hinder/help) you're cheating.

It's not? Heh. It definitely is defined by "breaking the rules." Pick up a dictionary. When put in the context of football it's necessary, I think, to take intent into account as well. People get handed cards often out of sheer clumsiness; them being penalized doesn't make them cheaters.

Tackling is one thing, deciding he's the new goalkeeper for his team is another completely. I can't believe I'm even having to argue this. What he did was so utterly ridiculous and indefensible from a sporting perspective. How people can look at it again and not just think "what the fuck?" is...