Suarez Banned for 4 months

[pantskyle]

Lol good luck to them.

 

[elhadjihenry]

Yes they have but those bans have been for things that involve doping and match fixing. In other words incidents that occur off the pitch. Whilst FIFA laws don't implicitly say a worldwide ban can be for these reasons only it does say in general worldwide bans apply to these situations (and attacking match officials). Preventing Suarez from going to work is seen as illegal by FIFpro also.

The law says "including but not limited to" match fixing/doping/assaulting officials, its a cover-all line that means they can inflict similar punishments in extraordinary cases such as this. I can't see an appeal being upheld, it is FIFA though, suitcase of cash under the table should do it.

 

[Cooldude]

I don't see how an appeal of a guy like this can be successful: biting someone for the third time, spent weeks denying it, then finally admitting it and apologise just coz he's moving the Barca

Don't think FIFA are doing anything outside their own regulations, Suarez has shot himself in the foot with his inconsistent two face testimonies, and also a huge history. He's cooked

 

[Zidane98]

FIFpro ate not appealing the ban from international competitions, just the worldwide ban.

Don't think it is an ideal precedent to set with clubs already reluctant releasing players for international comp. If their players can get banned for something that happens during international matches we will find them even less likely to co-operate with international football.

A fine in the order of 2 million euros or more would have been a more suitable punishment IMO in this instance.

 

[pantskyle]

I thought that way as well then he denied it.

Ban is correct.

 

[iluvparis]

FIFpro ate not appealing the ban from international competitions, just the worldwide ban.

Don't think it is an ideal precedent to set with clubs already reluctant releasing players for international comp. If their players can get banned for something that happens during international matches we will find them even less likely to co-operate with international football.

A fine in the order of 2 million euros or more would have been a more suitable punishment IMO in this instance.

How much power does FIFA have over national club competitions?

Assume they could easily get around it - players not released for international duty - banned for 3 games.

If league overrules FIFA ban - national team banned from all FIFA competitions.

etc etc

 

[jod23]

Now that Suarez plays for Barcelona, watch the ban suddenly get reduced.

 

[Zidane98]

FIFA have no authority over club competitions. They do have over international comps and you will find that they will suspend the Spanish Football Federation from international comps if they don't uphold the Suarez ban.

 

[geo5]

Like I said earlier in the thread. The bite played out perfectly for Suarez. He joined a big team within weeks. He knew what he was doing

 

[geo5]

But I thought he would join Real Madrid.

 

[geo5]

Also Barca are a powerful club in football and can get the club ban overturned, unlike Liverpool

 

[This Is Anfield]

This is weird, yesterday I was hoping the ban would be overturned, today I'm hoping it's doubled!
Not sure what's changed!

 

[glenferry23]

Court of Arbitration for Sport appears to be the next step.

 

[apollo_creed]

how disloyal was suarez to Liverpool?
wanted to leave basically at the end of every season.
good riddance to a disloyal *head.

 

[Fwoy]

Barcelona will not be allowed to publicly unveil new £75million signing Luis Suarez while he remains banned for biting, FIFA has confirmed.

Suarez is due to complete his move from Liverpool in the next few days, and the Catalan club has previously introduced star signings including Neymar and Cesc Fabregas to packed stadiums.

There have been suggestions Barcelona could hold a similar event for Suarez in a non-football venue to get around the four-month ban imposed on the Uruguay striker for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini, but FIFA has now confirmed to Press Association Sport that any such event will not be permitted while the ban remains in force.

FIFA's head of media Delia Fischer told Press Association Sport: "The ban relates to all football-related activity. He cannot be in a football-related public event irrespective of the venue.

"He cannot even be involved in a football-related charity event."

Suarez, 27, had his appeal against the four-month ban, plus a nine-match international and an 100,000 Swiss franc (£66,000) fine, rejected outright by FIFA's appeals committee.

He is expected to take his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in a final bid to reduce the sanctions that, as they stand, will keep him out of club football until the end of October.

Suarez can also ask CAS to put his ban on hold pending their final decision but that would risk him missing more matches rather than a chunk of the close season if the court upholds the sanctions.

Some 90,000 packed the Nou Camp stadium for the unveiling of Brazil forward Neymar in June 2013.

FIFA's original ban took into account that Suarez had shown no remorse for the biting incident, his third such attack in less than four years.

The player then did issue an official apology but it did not lead to any change of mind by the FIFA appeals panel.

Suarez's lawyer on Friday claimed the punishment was "blatantly draconian, totalitarian and fascist".

Alejandro Balbi told Spanish radio station Cope: "The right of a footballer to work is being violated, and football should be worried about that.

"The nine (international) games may seem excessive, but the fact that he can't watch a game of football, or train or carry out his job, we are talking about unpleasant things."

 

[Jars458]

how disloyal was suarez to Liverpool?
wanted to leave basically at the end of every season.
good riddance to a disloyal ****head.

Played allright though.