December 21st, 2011
01:09 PM ET
Footballers are TV stars, and should act like it ...
Luis Suarez was banned by the FA for eight matches after racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra.
The ruling by the Football Association to ban Liverpool and Uruguay striker Luis Suarez for eight matches and to fine him $63,000 for racial abuse has proved controversial for a number of reasons.
It is the first time the governing body of English football has disciplined a player on such terms, a move that has been welcomed by many in the game as tangible evidence that talk of "kicking racism out of football" has some teeth. FULL POST
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