Not to drop this grenade in here again, but...

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Yeah probably. Might as well put my full opinion out there. Terry's "defense" was always absurd and not even really a defense. You don't get a pass to say [racial slur] if you've been accused by someone of using [racial slur]. It looks terrible that he got less games than Suarez. a fine of a week or so's wages is meaningless. Though I questioned whether Suarez knew what he was saying wad offensive based off his time spent in Europe, the cultural issue was a mitigating factor. I'm sure the difference had more to do with Terry's representation compared to Liverpool's bungling of the situation, but it's still terrible.

Very interested to see what kind of punishment Cole gets for his tweet and if Chelsea do anything more with Terry.

Because Terry has received all the punishment he will from 3rd parties so the time to stand behind your player for solidarity's sake has ended. Your club can't, to name a recent example, complain of racist abuse on Twitter to Mikel while they stay silent on the issue of Terry. At the very least they should condemn what he said, though they should do more.

So throwing the word "black" in the middle of "f'ing c--t" doesn't change anything?

Y'all are wasting your time on Randy "macho Troll" Savage.

Pretty funny that you throw around the word myopic considering you're seeing this issue in the most narrow way possible.

I wasn't really calling you narrow-minded.

My main complaint is that people are bitching about this way longer than they should, and that, in and of itself, is a bigger problem than what he said. The man was put on trial in the real court system, not just the cowboys and indians of FA. And now he as to sit out 4 games. Put the damn issue to bed. I know they are journalists, but is there nothing else to write about?

But let's face it, most fans are piling it on Terry and Suarez because they are two of the most hated players in the league.

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My main complaint is that people are bitching about this way longer than they should, and that, in and of itself, is a bigger problem than what he said. The man was put on trial in the real court system, not just the cowboys and indians of FA. And now he as to sit out 4 games. Put the damn issue to bed. I know they are journalists, but is there nothing else to write about?

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The decision came down Friday. Seems still within the realm of acceptable discussion period. Also, if I'm not mistaken, the independent commission set up for this ripped Terry, Cole, and the FA. I think all are acceptable bits of fodder for criticism, and I think Chelsea should be urged to do something further regarding both Terry and Cole. It also doesn't look very good that this independent commission pretty much said Chelsea, as a club, were complicit in Cole's lie.

Racism continues to be an issue and not just in football. We've all seen what Terry said in the Youtube video. There has to be consistency to crack down on it. As I said, Chelsea can't be silent on this issue then go after someone who tweets the same thing to Mikel after he has a bad performance.