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Originally Posted by S/Side.Red
It's just a nonsense point.
If a player randomly kicks the ball into a crowd 50 yards away, yeah alright punish him.
If he does it because he's being racially abused, maybe have a word but probably don't send him off.
Genuinely can't believe even the most ardent conservatively inclined could disagree tbh. My mistake, I guess.
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No one’s disagreeing with you about the problem mate; I just don’t think picking a ball up in the middle of a game and booting it into the crowd is going to get anyone -with the possible exception of the racist supporters - what they want.
Ban the @#%&!s; ban the stadiums; ban the teams. Make them pay, but it’s in no one’s interests for the game itself to collapse into chaos.
By the way, I agree he shouldn’t have been sent off, but there needs to be a directive that’s clear to all federations because at the moment it’s directionless. It shouldn’t be fair to expect Sterling or Rashford to put up with it while other players are stopping games.