Saturday, October 4, 2008

Atletico handed a red


Atletico Madrid have been hit with a stadium ban for their next two home Champions League games because of racism [1]. This is a good thing right? UEFA have been pretty linient with their fines (see entire history of anti-racism campaign). Racism is the birthmark on the backside of football and these sanctions match the severity of the issue. So why am I not jumping up and down with joy that they have been "OWNED" by UEFA?
First of all, the Atletico v. Marseilles game was a month ago. Does it take that long to determine what is racist behavior? Or is it the severity of the punishment that was a month in the making? I'm pretty sure it only takes about a minute to think of a stadium ban.
Secondly, Atletico will be playing "at a venue at least 300 kilometers [2] from Madrid." many fans have already booked accomodations in Madrid. Will they compensate the fans for this? I mean this is just ridiculous!
Finally, as much as I love this "no racism" talk, must they ruin Fernando Torres' return to Atletico? To say that his return was much-anticipated would be the understatement of the year and now it is gone to shit.

"His armband proved he was a red..."

[1] Those Spanish fans really need to get a hold of themselves. You can't get rid of the negros by exhibiting such behavior... it comes back to bite you in the arse. Tell me why I love Spain so much? Oh right their national team. *sigh*
[2] For my Amurricans, this is a little over 186 miles (10 miles less than Dallas-Austin). Conclusion: Pretty damn far for a game you could walk to.

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