Really Fifa?

• Doodle3451

  http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/706991/ce/uk/?cc=5901&ver=us
  
  Fifa is looking at disciplinary action against France's Thierry Henry as it was his handball that sent France through to the world cup. How can you suspend someone for a handball which happens in the game every time it is played? What kind of precedent are they trying to set? I personally believe it is up to the referees to get this right and if anyone is to blame it is them. This Goal wasn't in the run of play but rather a free kick which gave ample time for the referee's to get in good position.
  
  Video at the heart of the controversy over the past week and a half.
  
  
  Any Thoughts?
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Wow....this would be like suspending a guy for committing pass interference and it not being called.
  
  Just put Ireland in as the last team, they're not gonna make it out of the first round anyways.
• Sage

  

  Nothing will come of it, they're just doing it to quell the suicide rate in Ireland.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Doodle3451 wrote:How can you suspend someone for a handball which happens in the game every time it is played?
  
  Any thoughts?

  How can you watch soccer?
• CenterBHSFan

  

  How awful is it that I don't even know/care who Thierry Henry is?
  Does it make me a bad person?
  
• iclfan2

  

  He was the dude in the Gilette commercials with Federer and Tiger that no one knew. And about this, (I dunno if it is the same article) but the Italian league suspended someone for 2 games for hittin a goal in with his hand. Said it was unsportsmanlike. I still think it is stupid and the missed call was ridiculous.
• GeneralsIcer89

  Can't FIFA just suspend themselves for mismanagement and incompetence?
• WeAreNC

  I think FIFA should suspend ALL Soccer play indefinitely.
• CharlieHog

  Doodle3451 wrote: Any Thoughts?

  
  Yeah, soccer needs instant replay.
• gorocks99

  

  It's a dumbass ruling. Punish the refs, but not the player. This isn't golf where things happen at the player's own pace and they have control over the ball (for the most part). The game is fast-paced and stuff like this happens. Henry (who I admit is my favorite non-U.S. player) was just playing the game.
• cbus4life

  Idiotic.
  
  And good to see this turned into a thread to bash soccer as a whole.
• justincredible

  

  cbus4life wrote: Idiotic.
  
  And good to see this turned into a thread to bash soccer as a whole.

  Just ignore them and they'll go away.
• Fly4Fun

  

  justincredible wrote:

  cbus4life wrote: Idiotic.
  
  And good to see this turned into a thread to bash soccer as a whole.

  Just ignore them and they'll go away.

  What I always find amusing is that CCrunner is one of the guys always on soccer threads to bash the sport... but yet he's a runner. That'd be like if I as a swimming fan constantly got on basketball threads and calling it a stupid sport.
  
  Is it an inferiority complex because they occupy the same high school season and he just joins in on the ragging because football players do it?
  
  It's like the wimpy little kid acting like a bully when his large friend already took care of another slightly less wimpy kid.
• Laley23

  

  They wont do anything to Henry, if they do its a crime.
  
  I LOVE that they try to punish players for diving though. I just wish they were more consistent with those rulings.
• CharlieHog

  Diving is a part of the sport.
  
  Maybe I only feel this way because I love Cuauhtémoc Blanco though. haha
• WeAreNC

  I don't know if people are all bashing soccer. I don't think saying soccer is not popular is the US is considered bashing the sport. I have seen the Crew play and watch them when on TV. And watched the USA in the World Cup but it is far from being amonst the majority of popular sports here.
• Life's a Pitch

  If you like Blanco then yes, you have to think it's all part of the sport!!
  
  I think it's absolutely ridiculous to threaten punishment on Henry. He used his hand and nothing was called. The refs missed it and that's just the way it goes. I believe FIFA is just putting this out there to seem like it cares about Ireland's feelings regarding their loss. Oh well...bring on the draw!!
• CharlieHog

  Fifa is probably just pissed that Henry came out and said they should replay the match.
• Soda Popinski

  Fly4Fun wrote:

  justincredible wrote:

  cbus4life wrote: Idiotic.
  
  And good to see this turned into a thread to bash soccer as a whole.

  Just ignore them and they'll go away.

  What I always find amusing is that CCrunner is one of the guys always on soccer threads to bash the sport... but yet he's a runner. That'd be like if I as a swimming fan constantly got on basketball threads and calling it a stupid sport.
  
  Is it an inferiority complex because they occupy the same high school season and he just joins in on the ragging because football players do it?
  
  It's like the wimpy little kid acting like a bully when his large friend already took care of another slightly less wimpy kid.

  Don't mind him. He gets off on bashing people. The self proclaimed "BAMF" just does this because this is the only way he can talk shit and not have to face the consequences.
• Laley23

  

  ccrunner609 wrote: you couldnt be any more wrong. I bash soccer because its a stupid sport. It has nothign to do with "running". THat is as stupid an argument you can get.

  No its not. Running is just as stupid a sport. It actually much more stupid than soccer. You cant even effect the outcome of your opponents. How retarded is that?
• Con_Alma

  One of the purest forms of athletic expression is running. I have nothing against soccer but the beauty of running is you can compete in two ways...against yourself with time or against another with a first to a point approach.
• gorocks99

  

  Soccer involves a lot of running.
• Con_Alma

  Indeed it does.
• Fab1b

  

  That is crazy to go back and punish the player for a foul the refs missed!
• Big_Mirg_ZHS

  

  Nobody with a Journey avatar is a BAMF. Sorry to disappoint you.