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Originally Posted by TroyF
Length of the bans wasn't in question for me, but the timing was. Terry should have been suspended last year, especially if they weren't going to pay attention to the courts ruling anyway.
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This for me. I am not really buying the idea using a racial slur "only" once is significantly less egregious than seven times. I don't think a person does such a thin on a whim. Be that as it may, the fact that this process took eleven months could leave one with the perception of that there is one set of standards for the English international going into a major tournament and one set for Johnny Foreigner.
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