re: Suarez's Statement on yesterday Update on pg 5/13 planning to appeal suspension

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I'll defend him for that. That was bullshite and especially since it involved Evra.

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Blame the victim of the racial abuse. That makes good sense. Just like it was Chiellini's fault for "crying about it" or "throwing his elbow." Unbelievable

This is the problem. People somehow finding ways to justify this guy's indefensible behavior.

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Blame the victim of the racial abuse. That makes good sense. Just like it was Chiellini's fault for "crying about it" or "throwing his elbow." Unbelievable

This is the problem. People somehow finding ways to justify this guy's indefensible behavior.

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For him saying "negrito"

Different cultures man. Lots of South Americans and Central Americans use that term to distinguish different skin colors and it's not considered offensive.

Hell, Costa Ricans call their Virgin Mary la Negrita

I kind of agree that the press went overboard about the last biting incident in terms of portraying Suarez as a sci-fi monster that had invaded a pensive afternoon tea amongst proper English gentleman.

Hilarious on message boards but a bit over the top from serious journalists.


However, the difference now --aside from it happening again after all the statements about his children etc -- was that Suarez and Liverpool both seemed to take a stance of being proactive and apologetic. Uruguay and Suarez have been anything but that.

That Suarez and Uruguayan representatives tried to downright deny it happened first and with increasing evidence making that path less tenable then downplayed it as no big deal at all adds a less savory dimension.


I think the same logic could be applied to a punch to the face on the pitch:
If the guy who does it, says he lost his head, apologizes to the guy he punched and his federation condemns the action profusely and suspends him proactively themselves, then rational people are a lot less likely to cry for huge punishments.


With the way this has played out, I'd personally think something along the lines of suspending Suarez for 8 or so matches but specifically the next 8 World Cup matches for which he is eligible --the platform where it happened-- would be most appropriate.


After that, it's up to UEFA and the FA if they feel like "biting" is serious enough an issue that they would add their own suspensions to send a message.


And this due to one major difference I see with biting in comparison with elbows, headbutts and other of soccer's more accepted arts: the transference of blood.

In that regard the same lobby that pushes things like players not being able to play with any blood on them etc will certainly be pushing for a strong message.

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I said it is not as big of a deal as people here are making it out to be.

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Well you're wrong, it is arguably a MUCH bigger deal. This isn't the first time it's happened and the last time I checked, nobody has contracted a disease through a head butt or an elbow. Stop defending this.

Sure biting can spread disease. Punching can knock someone out and kill them if they fall a certain way. I've literally seen it happen.

What Suarez did was disgusting, immature, repetative and inexcusable - that's the issue here bc those actions are those of a child not bc biting is violent. He should know better than to take out his frustration like that same as he know he shouldn't blind side punch someone.

When he bites he does it when the player isn't ready for it; if he decided to go for a head shot punch in those same situations instead then he could've done much worse and irreversible damage.

His biting is disgusting and inexcusable, and he should be punished and forced to wear a mouthpiece for life, but it isn't worse than throwing a punch at someone in expecting.

Ask any player if they'd rather a blindside bite on the arm, shoulder, neck, torso (places of another body that are near his mouth) or a blind punch to the side or back of their head (what's usually facing Suarez when he attacks) and I'm sure 100% would take the bite bc they know there's a chance that a punch could knock them out and cause further damage.

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Sure biting can spread disease. Punching can knock someone out and kill them if they fall a certain way. I've literally seen it happen.

What Suarez did was disgusting, immature, repetative and inexcusable - that's the issue here bc those actions are those of a child not bc biting is violent. He should know better than to take out his frustration like that same as he know he shouldn't blind side punch someone.

When he bites he does it when the player isn't ready for it; if he decided to go for a head shot punch in those same situations instead then he could've done much worse and irreversible damage.

His biting is disgusting and inexcusable, and he should be punished and forced to wear a mouthpiece for life, but it isn't worse than throwing a punch at someone in expecting.

Ask any player if they'd rather a blindside bite on the arm, shoulder, neck, torso (places of another body that are near his mouth) or a blind punch to the side or back of their head (what's usually facing Suarez when he attacks) and I'm sure 100% would take the bite bc they know there's a chance that a punch could knock them out and cause further damage.

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Agreed.

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Ask any player if they'd rather a blindside bite on the arm, shoulder, neck, torso (places of another body that are near his mouth) or a blind punch to the side or back of their head (what's usually facing Suarez when he attacks) and I'm sure 100% would take the bite bc they know there's a chance that a punch could knock them out and cause further damage.

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I think it's more human nature to abhor biting as a defense mechanism. Its a degrading attack. You can respect a punch as an act of aggression. It's open and honest at least. A sucker punch is step below an open punch. It's a cowardly attack that usually lowers the opinion of the attacker. Biting is both cowardly and perplexing. "Is this person actually biting me!?!" It's almost too inane to comprehend.

I view biting as a step above spitting. I, personally, think spitting on someone is the most vile thing you can do. It's contemptible and the few times it has happened in my life I flipped my shite. It's just... euch...

It's not universal, though. Some people like to be bitten, given the right circumstances...

I can't believe how BAD the Uruguayans are at PR.

These statements are just head in the sand laughable.

And I don't buy the "He just loses his cool and his head and can't control himself" arguments.

Yesterday he made sure to do it away from the ref and immediately after the act of biting he pretended that he was the one fouled.

If you lose your mind so badly that you BITE another player, I would assume you don't have the control to hide those actions and immediately act to mask those actions.

The whole situation reeks of bullshite. Especially these statements.

On the contrary, the only people the Uruguayans need to appease are their own people... Luis Suarez is their favorite son and him on the field gives them the best chance to win the WC... And that is what the people want! They couldn't care less what other people think about them..

I'm sure deep down and behind closed doors they are not happy...

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Its downright delusional along with the people downplaying what happened.

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As I wrote in my post above, the reactions from Suarez, Uruguayan players, manager and officials after the fact have been much worse than the bite itself.

When it happened at Liverpool, I recall Suarez and the club being fairly apologetic and proactive. At least I recall Suarez's "heartfelt" emo apology in which he feels so bad thinking about his children etc etc. . .

Now the message is slightly different.


If I were a member of the FIFA committee, I'd only suspend Suarez for 10 or so matches but specifically the next 10 World Cup matches for which he is eligible and I would cite the resistance of Uruguay's officials to be anything but deflective as a contributing factor.