Torres Escapes Ban

ChillDoubt | 15:23 Tue 01st Oct 2013 | Sport

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Another cop-out by the FA.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24355751

Pathetic. Do that in a rugby match and you'd be looking at missing 5/6 games.

The 'Respect' campaign marches blindly on into oblivion....

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Arksided

Apart from the scratch, I thought you couldn't raise your hands toward an opposition player, which by their own law is violent conduct.

Pathetic response by the FA again.

Gromit

Yes, a cop out.

// a match official had already seen the players collide which means, under FA rules, no action can be taken. //

The players colliding and the raised hand and scratch are clearly different incidents. If the ref had dealt with the incident according to the rules it would be straight red for violent conduct. The ref didn't deal with it at the time, so the panel should have reviewed it. I expect a smaller club would have been penalised more serverely.

aelmpvw

do you really get banned for 5/6 games for scratching an opponents face in a rugby match?

craft1948

I think what Fowler said described them accurately.........

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do you really get banned for 5/6 games for scratching an opponents face in a rugby match?
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Easily, especially if it's around the eye area.
Richie Rees of Cardiff got banned for 12 weeks for accidentally making contact with the eye area of Dylan Hartley.

Arksided

Craft so do I, and he was made to apologise for it... lol

However the FA bottled this one and agree with Gromit a not so high profile player (Club) would not have got away with it.

doctordb

Throw a punch in a football match and it's a straight red card. Throw a punch in a rugby match and everyone cheers. You can't compare the standards of both sports.

However, I agree chill, Torres should have been punished.

ChillDoubt

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Can't say I agree doctordb, throw a punch in rugby and it's also a straight red, provided it's seen by the officials.
It is sometimes blurred though between a punch and a 'swinging arm' in a tackle.