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Originally Posted by Bagor
It doesn't really matter how many times he said it.
The fact of the matter is that he admitted to saying it once.
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Apparently it does matter how many times he said the alleged slur.
Suarez is said to have used the term "negro" seven times in around two minutes.
In giving the reasons for the length of the ban, the report said: "Given the number of times that Mr Suarez used the word 'negro', his conduct is significantly more serious than a one-off use of a racially offensive term and amounts to an aggravating factor."
It was submitted by the FA that the conduct of Mr Suarez has damaged the image of English football around the world, given that the conduct occurred during the course of one of the most famous games in English football, watched by a huge number of people around the world.
Points 410, 411 and 412 in the report are the applicable ones here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16375963.stm