To think that this is not a long enough ban?

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Louis Suarez' pathetic punishment for biting someone yet again

It just tells him he can still get away with it. I don't care how amazing a footballer is, he should have been banned from enough international matches to keep him out of the next World Cup as well as this one at least.

Its ridiculous and as for the fine that wobt make a dint in his bank balance.

Will he still get paid if hes not playing ?

It's a disgrace. He should be charged with assault like anyone on the street would.

I don't think he should ever play international football again. Disgusting.

All sorts of worse assaults occur every week in football, yet people are winding themselves up about this one because the media tells them to be outraged. Oh for the power of independent thought...

Perhaps the other guy should be bringing charges for assault?

He bit someone youwhat1, it's something an animal would do.

Even in boxing which is a violent sport it is not condoned. Tyson was disqualified.

Please share a worse assault in football that has happened in the last couple of weeks to prove your point,

Quite, youwhat1. He's not broken anyone's nose, he's not ruptured anyone's ligaments and ended their career. What he's done is pretty grim but it's not at the very top end of the spectrum.

This one from last night for starters, odowdandproud:

It's such a genuinely peculiar and disturbing thing for an adult to do. That's what's upsetting people, me included. It may well have been less destructive than stamping in someone but it's SO FUCKING WEIRD. Who does that?!

Can't open link - what did he get?

Not long enough. Suarez is vile and should be banned for life. They never will though as he is arguably one of the best goal scores in the world and will earn his employers millions.

He's vile and should be banned for life IMO. He kicks, bites,
Pulls hair and uses his studs not to mention dramatic diving and deliberate handball!

What a good example he is to his children!

I agree with those posters who have pointed out that worse things occur - I think FIFA need to get their act together and start imposing some lifetime bans for that sort of thing in general. If you end someone's playing career with a deliberate foul, guess what? You also end your own.

But the thing with Suarez is that he has done this three times now. And he's still minimising it. That attitude deserves some retribution in its own right.

Should be banned for life. Can't believe the football world......

Can anyone, lawyer for preference, tell me why sportspeople don't get nicked for assault or GBH or whatever when they have masses of witnesses, in this case millions and TV footage? If I was caught on CCTV biting someone, wouldn't the police be at my door? Even if the person didn't 'bring charges' surely the police could arrest me.

We have hockey here. The players drop their gloves to tell the other person they want to fight. This is not 'normal' game-play, it's a fight! Why not arrest them?

because it happened in Brazil where the police aren't exactly notorious for transparency and incorruptibility

But I'm in Canada, land of the RCMP. They don't arrest people here for sports violence either...

Yes it's wrong.
But we all know that professional football is totally corrupt from the top down, so you shouldn't be surprised at anything being unfair.

If I bite someone at work (NHS) I will be instantly dismissed, hauled up in front of the NMC and be struck off. No doubt at all. So why if an ordinary person like me (for me replace with teacher/police/shopworker/or pretty much any other career) can lose their career for ever, why does he get a mere 9 match ban - I'm not saying ban for life (well maybe) but 9 matches is nothing (apart from fact he will no longer play in World Cup)

Isn't keeping our hands to ourselves and not biting the very first things children are taught at nursery?

Just watched video dancingbear and it didn't look that bad.

Diving always happens in football. Doesn't make it right.

The fact that it wasn't a one-off as well makes it worse. I don't need the media to tell me biting someone is a vile way to behave.

Police would not usually intervene as the players will generally consent to being knocked, elbowed etc as part of hte game (ie. they technically consent to being assaulted). However, in the case of serious injury I would imagine that RCMP would at least do an investigation, whether that led to charges or not

players will generally consent to being knocked, elbowed etc as part of hte game

but being bitten is totally different

Ban for life and the victim should press charges. But I'm not sure how easy it would be to negotiate the Brazilian court system.

Just watched video dancingbear and it didn't look that bad.

Bobbins. You asked for an example of a worse incident from the last two weeks, I gave you one from the last 24 hours. Leg breaking/career ending challenges are far, far worse than a bit of pushing and shoving, diving and even biting. It's the attitude that a bit of physicality/ultra violence is all part of the game that has killed English football over the past few decades.

I cannot believe that this animal 'man' is still employed at club level and internationally. Clubs and countries need to consider the example being set alonside their profits (idealistic, maybe but one can hope...). He is mentally unstable imho. Comparing it to other poor behaviour just highlights that a tougher stance should be taken in all of these cases. These men ate hugely paid for their talents and ought to be able to behave.