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It is said on the BBC Sports Website that unfortunately Leko was racially abused by the Leeds goalkeeper. The authorities are investigating. If found guilty the player will be suspended for a minimum of 6 games.
My view is that this is not sufficient. How about a 12 match ban, loss of wages whilst banned ( with the money going to good local causes) & back to school for every day of the ban to be taught that there is no place for racism in any walk of life, especially for the few people of society who are held up to be role models. Your thoughts please.
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Totally agree 100% North Wales.
As a matter of interest, where are you in Cymru ?
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At this moment it's still an allegation, and sadly unless there were TV cameras on the incident (unlikely), goalpost mics to pick up the abuse (even more unlikely), or witnesses to testify one way or the other (racists generally don't say this kind of stuff where they can be overheard), it'll probably end the way the Rodriguez-Bong incident did; with a muddled compromise. I do support strong penalties for those conclusively found guilty, but until whole pitches are miked up, I'm not sure the evidence will be there to convict or clear with 100% certainty.
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Kiko Casilla has now been found guilty of racially abusing Leko back in October and handed an eight-game suspension, effective immediately. He still claims there was no racist intent behind whatever words he used, and Leeds are backing him on the basis that the verdict was made on the balance of probability rather than proof beyond reasonable doubt. The full findings of the panel won't be published until next week, which is presumably when we'll get to see exactly what he said.
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The World, including Football, has gone barking mad.
There is no difference between calling someone a black b*d and an Irish b*d (or whatever words were used). I've never heard of a Paddy crying or 'being offended'.
In my playing days (Parks football) you'd call any of the opposition "fat/skinny/shortarse/ginger/skinhead/poof/.....etc" just to antagonise and get some reaction. I used to try to wind black opposition up back then (40-50 years ago) and the blacks in our team (my best mates at the time) would laugh their heads off.
You'd think that 40/50 years later snowflakes would give black people more credit and respect. They are actually less 'offended' than fatties!
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