Fucking Suarez.

[Codeine]

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Third time's a charm, I guess.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Playing for a scoreless tie will bite you every time

Fucking Italy.

But Suarez, yeah, no more Cup for him. Too bad for Uruguay, but that merits a major suspension.

[Codeine]

2. Oh fuck Italy indeed.

I dislike their entire philosophy toward the game.

[BeyondGeography]

3. And fuck Suarez for marring a perfectly wonderful result

The rope-a-dopes went down. And no one will be talking about it.

[T_i_B]

4. Yep

Suspect that Liverpool will be screwed, seeing as their best player will (hopefully!) be suspended for a very long time.

No sympathy for Suarez at all here. He's an unrepentant cheat who has a track record of bringing the game into disrepute.

[Ron Obvious]

5. Will he?

How much precedence is there for a ban in international football carrying over to club football?

I can't recall, but I suppose FIFA could so decree.

[T_i_B]

10. "FIFA could so decree"

And they have done just that!

http://m.nydailynews.com/sports/soccer/fifa-bans-uruguay-luis-suarez-9-games-4-months-article-1.1844747

[jakeXT]

6. I'm surprised they can ban a player for 2 years

"These are exceptional circumstances, it is the third time he has bitten someone. It is ridiculous.

"I think Liverpool will be panicking, they have a player worth maybe £60m and could be banned for the whole season.

"Three strikes you have to be out. Biting someone at a tournament of this prestige, they have to throw the book at him and lock him up forever."

http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/27990463

FIFA can sanction players for biting with bans of up to two years.
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_26024009/uruguays-luis-suarez-bites-again-could-face-fifa

[Aquavit]

7. Jail time?

It's got to be a lifetime ban, if not also jail time, at this point for Suarez. He is an absolutely brilliant footballer, but at the same time he is clearly just not capable of controlling himself well enough; it's like he simply can't remind himself "it's just a game."

FIFA has simply got to do the right thing and impose a lifetime ban on him. If it were his first infraction, yeah ok a lengthy suspension might suffice. However, this is the THIRD TIME he's physically assaulted someone on the pitch, and this time the whole freaking world got to see it!! Enough is enough, already!

Suarez OUT.

[n2doc]

8. The mocking has begun

[mackerel]

9. I love those!

[Aquavit]

11. It's a small consolation...

But Uruguay was convincingly beaten by Columbia and are now out of the tournament.