Saturday, April 27, 2013
Liverpool's Luis Suarez accepts 10-game ban by the FA
Liverpool’s Luis Suarez has been in
the news for crunching on a defender’s arm and although his actions may not be
regarded as criminal, it still holds ground as one of the most disgusting
actions or reactions in sports. Aside from
the fact that his act was very gruesome, it also sent out very bad signals to
young people who looked up to the striker, and although he has since apologized for his act, and has since been disciplined by the FA (the 10-game ban), Suarez still needs to do
more damage control in order to reassure fans that this form of cannibalistic behavior will not repeat itself in the near future.
Prime Minister David Cameron condemned his actions in a recent interview in which he said Suarez had
set the ‘most appalling example’.
Luis Suarez decision not to contest
his 10-game ban shows he is on the right path to recovery;in a recent statement posted on his twitter
account, the Uruguayan international expressed remorse for biting Branislav
Ivanovic.
The FA published the findings of the three-man Independent Regulatory Committee after Suarez informed them he would not challenge their decision to ban him for an incident they described as being ‘completely unacceptable, truly disgraceful and alien to football’.
The committee, which was made up of
Thura KT Win, Roger Pawley and Brian Talbot, did not take into account Suarez’s
past misdemeanours - which included a seven-game ban for biting at Ajax - and
judged the altercation with Ivanovic in isolation.
Suarez had argued earlier that a 3
game suspension would be enough and made comparisons with similar incidents in
the past but the commission said in point 84 that ‘it seemed to us that Suarez
has not fully appreciated the gravity and seriousness of this truly exceptional
incident.’
However, it seemed Suarez came to
his senses and later released a statement through his personal Twitter
account, which stated: ‘I am truly very sorry about the incident with Branislav
Ivanovic. I hope all the people who I offended will grant me forgiveness and I
again repeat my personal apology to Branislav.
‘I would like to explain to
everybody that I decided to accept the ban (as) my actions were not acceptable
on a football pitch, so I do not want to give the wrong impression to people by
making an appeal. I really want to learn from what has happened.’
Liverpool reiterated their disappointment over the length of the suspension but they were also angered by the comments David Cameron made during an interview on BBC Five Live in which he said tough measures should be taken against such incidents.
The Referee Kevin, who missed the
awful incident was let off the hook by the FA, he was not blamed for missing
the incident.
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