So FIFA has deliberated and decided that Luis Suarez should be free to bite again from the end of October. Does this make sense ?
If he'd committed his offence on the street, a third offence, mind you, he'd be facing a probable prison sentence and psychiatric treatment. Instead, FIFA, in it's wisdom, thinks that a 4 month ban will suffice and will, presumably, bring this animal to heel. Of course, they've been constrained by the various factional interests that they serve, but it seems likely that a far more telling blow may be dealt by the sponsors and advertisers who are now considering whether Suarez is a suitable person with whom to be associated.
The evil of football is that major figures can, and do, get away with almost anything because of the money that is involved in their employment. It's only when the flow of money is threatened that anyone takes action. With luck, pressure from a few major sponsors may do what FIFA has signally failed to do - impose a real sanction on this man.
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