Suarez banned for 8 games and fined £40k

[melj1213]

Comments

[ghost_busting]

8 matches and £40k? That's it?

Oh well. At least the FA have done something about it, instead of brushing it under the carpet and pretending nothing happened.

[darkensunrise]

Damn, that's a hefty ban.

[luxuria]

good on the FA. i hope they stand their ground and this sets a genuine precedent.

[___iou]

yes will be interesting to see what happens with john terry. unfortunately I'm already smelling hypocrisy.

[verses]

If JT did it, he should be punished too. But the number one priority here is punishing racism, and Suarez deserves to be punished for what he did regardless of what anyone else did in another case.

[___iou]

oh I completely agree. was just commenting on my skepticism that this will set a precedent for the FA, but I hope I'm wrong

[meliadoul]

Glad this wasn't swept under the carpet as I thought it would be. The Terry decision will be interesting.

I wonder if the two weeks starts today as Liverpool have City on the 3rd.

[ghost_busting]

I guess it starts from the time the appeal period is over?

[verses]

I believe they have 14 days to appeal, so that's the earliest it could start.

[melj1213]

The two weeks to appeal start today and if he says he won't appeal or doesn't appeal before the 3rd then the ban starts from then.

[verses]

Completely shocked they did something.