[South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread (15 Viewers)
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Andy is right, this is such a mockery of a punishment. Banning him for two months was FIFA's way of attempting to look like a harsh punishment but this is really just a joke, after what he did not being banned for even one competitive match is lunacy. Had it been Bob Bradley, he would have been banned from the World cup entirley
I personally thought it was hilarious what he did but my opinion has nothing to do with this. My point is that he got off much easier than any other coach would have. You can't honestly tell me that if Lippi or Domenech was to respond the same way to pressure form the public that they would get such a light sentence. I don't think Fifa should be handing out punishments for this because all Diego did was make a complete fool out of himself with some really unprofessional behavior and it really doesn't seem a FIFA matter but as long as they are, Diego should not get such preferential treatment.
lewd? last time i checked that was freedom of speech and if TVs have a problem with it they should just not have him on, are journalists part of fifa now? if they are they should be first to be banned then, you should read some of those glorious pieces of journalism in south america. And if he killed someone the last of his worries would be FIFA.
What? You want me to spend my day reading through Fifa disciplinary code to find you a quote? There doesn't need to be a specific law claiming that coaches cannot tell the public and journalist to suck them off and make such hand gestures in public to anybody with half a brain that is obviously going to be included under the articles about unprofessional conduct which grants the Fifa disciplinary committee the right to invoke such sanctions. If you are the one who has doubts over their actions than you should spend the time reading through pages of Fifa articles, but insisting that only Diego would have been punished for this is really quite naive. I'm surprised that you aren't happy about this decision, Diego is lucky that he hasn't been banned for any competitive matches
It's easy to say that only Diego would be punished for such statements when he's probably one of the only few that would make them in the first place.
It's like saying, "yeah, so and so serial killer would only get charged for murdering and eating 15 people, but if it was Marcelo Lippi, his punishment would have been less severe."
It's like saying, "yeah, so and so serial killer would only get charged for murdering and eating 15 people, but if it was Marcelo Lippi, his punishment would have been less severe."
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