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Old 06-20-2012, 01:32 PM   #2154
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Originally Posted by GirlySports View Post
I know it's easy to look at the fines and laugh about how "UEFA cares more about sponsorship than racism," but I don't think it is that simple.

If UEFA tripled the fines against various countries' FAs for their fans' racist actions, would it really make any difference? It's not the FAs doing the racist chanting. And how much extra money do these FAs have?
If they don't have enough money it makes it imperative they find solutions as quickly as possible. Also, the English FA didn't kill people at Hillsborough...
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