Suarez
was banned for four months and 9 International matches. The ban takes
immediately effect, meaning Suarez is out of the 2014 World Cup even though
Uruguay has progressed to the knock out stages.
FIFA
also placed a stadium ban on the player for the duration of the ban.
Suárez cannot play for
Liverpool until late October as he begins another season on the sidelines due
to biting an opponent. He has also been fined 100,000 Swiss Francs by Fifa and
cannot train with Liverpool during the duration of the ban.
My Take:
What
Suarez did is unprecedented at the World Cup, the last time anybody did what he
did was he doing it and in fact twice. The ban of 7 and 10 matches respectively
given to him by The Netherlands FA and The English FA is a much better punishment
than that given by the International body called FIFA.
What
is a stadium ban? Was that meant to impressed people or make people think the
ban was severe? The last time someone did something unprecedented at the World
Cup, he was given an 8 match ban, that was Italy’s Mauro Tassotti for breaking
Spain’s Luis Enrique’s nose with an elbow in 1994.
Elbow
is used in football though illegally when players go up for joint-headers, they
used it to support themselves and to put the other player away. A player was
given 8 match ban for using what is acceptable illegally but how does the ‘teeth’
fit into football. How and where is the teeth used in football?
Am yet to
understand the rational for the ban on Suarez. He should have been given a much
tougher ban to send a message to others and to teach a lesson.
But
FIFA sadly lacks any moral to punish even the worst offenders for they
themselves are corrupt, selling hosting rights to the highest bidders and dinning
with presidents and government officials for votes.
So am not surprised then
that Uruguay’s FA wants to appeal the verdict, calling it an “excessive
decision” for which “there was not enough evidence”. The Uruguay FA President
went on to say, “I have seen more aggressive incidents
recently.
"It
is a severe punishment. I don't know exactly which arguments they used but it
is a tough punishment for Suarez."
Did
I hear him say, ‘Not enough evident” is this man blind or just playing dumb.
Has he not seen the shoulders of Chiellini?
I
don’t know what Mr. Wilmar Valdez is talking about saying “I have seen more aggressive
incident recently” like what sir? Breaking of legs, hands balls, head-butts or what?
In
football, tackle is expected because players use their legs. Head butts is occasionally
expected too because players use their heads but how does ‘teeth’ comes into
football. A player that has been known to do what children do is been defended
with no interest to helping the man overcome the problem but their only
interest lies in the player. It’s because of these kinds of talk Suarez has
gone from bad to worse.
As
long as those around him see nothing wrong with what he has done, he will keep doing
it and bringing shame to all those around him.
People should stop seeing the player and start seeing the man, he needs help. The man is bigger than the player any day.
Those
who really lost in this fracas are:
Liverpool
FC – the team paying his salary and yet can use him
His
Family – I can only imagine how other children would treat his kids at school
And
those who gained:
The
Uruguay FA and Uruguay President – since they couldn't see anything wrong with what Suarez has done
FIFA
– for not throwing the book at him and giving him the maximum 24 months ban – Shame!
They looked at the player instead of the man. They sacrificed the man at the
altar of the player. So sad, yes Suarez is talented but surely even FIFA must
agree he needs help and urgently too. Three is just too many a time to make an
error.
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