John Terry banned and fined for racial abuse

[Zombie]

"Chelsea captain [and former England captain] John Terry has been banned for four matches and fined £220,000 for racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand."

http://www.bbc.co.uk...otball/19723020

 

Good. This follows other moves to stamp out homophobia in football and other sports

http://www.gaystarne...nti-gay-charter

[Andy78]

Now if the guy didn't earn £130k a week, then the fine might actually mean something.

[Zombie]

True, Andy. But it's the shame. Can't put a price on that.

[PrivateTim]

Seriously? If they banned every NBA player who used racial epithets during a game they'd have to cancel the season.

[Zombie]

I can't repeat what he said here but the first word started with an "f" and ended in a "g", the next word was the opposite of white, and the next word began with a "c" and had four letters. A bit ,more than an "epithet"

[NotNoNever]

Typical, footbal is just choc full of thugs. And you're right Andy, but anybody has to miss a quarter million, plus I wonder if he'll get paid for the two weeks he'll be out, which might bring it closer to half a million.

 

Tim, it might be fine by you that that sort of idiot abuse goes on, but you're in some high tower where nobody can get at you. Not everybody's so lucky. If the culture of sport is one where the fans run around boasting of how bad they're guys are, then we might as well stop it all altogether. Otherwise it'll be Milwall everywhere.

[Zombie]

[NotNoNever]

Oh, I thought it was Milhouse