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Aquavit

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5. Liverpool FC and Fenway Sports Group are just fine with this behavior
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 12:28 PM
Apr 2013

According to the BBC, they have fined him but will not remove him from the team or even consider a reduced role.

The FA has charged Suarez with "violent conduct" and will surely ban him for at least the rest of the season. Personally I would like to see the FA hand down a huge points reduction (like big enough to secure Wigan/Villa/etc's spot in the league next year, no matter how the rest of those teams' season play out), very large fines, and a lengthy ban from FA Cup competition for Liverpool FC. That the player would do something this multiple times speaks poorly enough about the player, and it seems like a no-brainer for the team to part ways with him. That the team is taking a "boys will be boys" sort of attitude about the event speaks so poorly not only to the team, but also the football association they play in.

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That's gotta be it for Suarez... Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #1
yeah, he's a good player. SwissTony Apr 2013 #2
Unsettling... Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #3
Liverpool FC and Fenway Sports Group are just fine with this behavior Aquavit Apr 2013 #5
I'm surprised at the mild reaction so far. Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #6
He is a fantastic player... Aquavit Apr 2013 #4
Update - 10 matches. SwissTony Apr 2013 #7
Unbelieveable. Aquavit Apr 2013 #8
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