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Related: About this forumLuis Suárez suspended for 9 matches and four months, plus $111826.18 fine
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has reached a decision in the case related to Luis Suárez of Uruguay following an incident that occurred during the FIFA World Cup match between Italy and Uruguay played on 24 June 2014.
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has decided that:
· The player Luis Suárez is regarded as having breached art. 48 par. 1 lit. d of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) (assault), and art. 57 of the FDC (an act of unsporting behaviour towards another player).
· The player Luis Suárez is to be suspended for nine (9) official matches. The first match of this suspension is to be served in the upcoming FIFA World Cup fixture between Colombia and Uruguay on 28 June 2014. The remaining match suspensions shall be served in Uruguays next FIFA World Cup match(es), as long as the team qualifies, and/or in the representative teams subsequent official matches in accordance with art. 38 par. 2a) of the FDC.
· The player Luis Suárez is banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for a period of four (4) months in accordance with art. 22 of the FDC.
· A stadium ban is pronounced against the player Luis Suárez in accordance with art. 21 of the FDC as follows: the player Luis Suárez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium during the period of the ban (point 3). The player Luis Suárez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium in which the representative team of Uruguay is playing while he has to serve the nine-match suspension (point 2).
· The player Luis Suárez is ordered to pay a fine in the amount of CHF 100,000.
The decision was notified to the player and the Uruguayan FA today.
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http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=6/news=ghana-pair-suspended-and-sent-home-2386284.html
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)rocktivity
(44,555 posts)On 21 April 2013, during a 22 draw with Chelsea in a Premier League game at Anfield, Suárez bit Branislav Ivanović; this was the second time Suárez had bitten an opponent. It was not noticed by the officials, and Suárez scored an equaliser in injury time. He was charged with violent conduct by the FA and fined an undisclosed sum by his club.
What -- the poor misunderstood thing has a "regression" problem?
"It's a way of evacuating your frustration, even if it's not the most elegant way," he said, adding that athletes like Suarez need to find tools and firewalls to create self-control. "If you do it several times, in critical moments, it means it can become compulsory, almost obsessive..."
Then treat him like a nursery schooler -- put him in a permanent "time out!" Does he have to attempt to suck someone's blood before it becomes clear that he's a danger to himself and others?
However, some good did come out of it -- Suárez can take comfort in knowing he still has at least 167 fans:
Thomas Syversen, who bet 32 krone (about $5.25 USD)...cashed in for 5600 krone (a little over $916) on the bet...The biggest winner...won $3,300...
rocktivity
Auggie
(31,067 posts)SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)At this rate, he's going to end up the football version of Steve Howe.