Soccer: penalty for covering your mouth with your shirt

*red card

It’s so you can’t call a guy a racial or anti-gay slur and then deny it. The act itself isn’t anti-gay.

In this particular case, the player was accused of a racial slur, defended himself by saying it was an anti-gay slur, and then was suspended anyway. Because he covered his mouth, it was a he said/he said.

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the player was accused of a racial slur, defended himself by saying it was an anti-gay slur,

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Because he covered his mouth, it was a he said/he said.

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is this guy developmentally disabled or something? Why not just say "I didn't say shite"?

Not shocked. What a wimpy sport

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is this guy developmentally disabled or something? Why not just say "I didn't say shite"?

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There’s a million cameras for a Champions League / WC match and these players aren’t wearing helmets. There’s no escaping accountability unless you’re covering your mouth, it’s way too easy to lip read

Yes, that about sums it up.

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it’s because if you cover your mouth, they can’t confirm what you’ve said…

so they’re going to assume you’ve covered your mouth to say something racist or anti-gay, and issue red cards

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I mean if you’re going up to confront an opposing player with your mouth covered, you’re breaking out slurs. Call it draconian but it’s the correct assumption 10/10 times

ETA: Dunno why confused people are downvoting but this really isn't that difficult

Might be the dumbest rule in all of sports. It’s a douche sport, so I get it.

He threatened to go to the Middle East for the longest time to play. Wish he had. He’s the Ryan Clark of soccer. Just a perpetual victim. It sucks too because he’s a phenomenal player and would be much more of a superstar if he wasn’t such a bitch and ostracized the majority of the population in the country he plays pro in.

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it’s because if you cover your mouth, they can’t confirm what you’ve said…

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Yup.

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so they’re going to assume you’ve covered your mouth to say something racist or anti-gay, and issue red cards

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Yes and no. They're telling you that if you cover your mouth and approach an opponent you're going to get a red card. They don't need to assume anything about what was said.

Player A says Player B used racial slurs. The league could use video to determine if what is accused lines up with the movement of Player B's lips, but Player B had deliberately covered his mouth to prevent that from happening.

The league can either assume Player A is telling the truth and punish Player B, or they can say there's no evidence and do nothing.

The league has chosen to instead just say to all players, "Don't cover your mouth." It may be a silly rule, but it's a pretty easy rule to follow.

The player admitted to saying an “anti gay slur” however everyone else said it was a racial comment. I don’t like Vini at all, but I don’t think that would’ve been his reaction if it was an anti-Gay thing that was told to him and not something racist