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Originally Posted by Pagal4321
Eduardo's dive was pretty deplorable, that I'll agree with. He should have gotten a yellow card for it, with no penalty given. The fine? Sure, makes sense, I wish they'd start fining players for dives. But a retroactive two match ban??
Had he received a yellow card in the game, all of this would have been forgotten. But now it's being BLOWN UP in the media, and Eduardo is being singled out.
I have no issue if they banned him but then banned EVERY player that did the same thing, even if his name is Ronaldo or Rooney or Drogba or Torres. Sadly, I don't think that will be the case.
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Useless and irrelevant considering the amount of money these guys make. The fines would have to be astronomical for them to have any effect.
Cheating (ie diving) has been pretty much institutionalized in the game and it will take strong measure to take it out - and bans may just be able to do that.
I would have no problem with retroactive bans (increasingly strict) that are based on video evidence as long as (like you stated) all players are treated equally. As for Eduardo being singled out...it has to start somewhere.