Re: Serie A Thread - 2012/13 Season
i don't like this approach at all. strict liability as a whole is a very stupid and unfair law concept, although, under certain circumstances, it's the lesser evil. but in this context it makes no sense at all. how could napoli be held responsible for that? what are football clubs supposed to do? bug their players' cellphones, in order to know what they're up to at any time? ridiculous.
also i'm getting tired of all theese "omessa denuncia" allegations that are raining down on the players. do they really expect football players to tell on each others? cannavaro and grava did the right thing; they were approached by a scumbag who proposed to fix a game and they told him "fuck u, man". sure, it would have been great if they had also filed a report against giannello, but can we really blame them for not wanting to be labelled as snitches?
so now napoli (which had no part, nor responsability in all this), is been penalized with a 2 pts deduction and a 6 months disqualification for their captain. crazy
meanwhile giannello is only getting a 3 years ban? what's the logic behind that?!? if a lawyer violates the ethical code, he gets disbarred. if a doctor violates the hippocratic oath, he gets stricken off the roll..... so why the fuck should a football player be treated any more lightly?
a lifeban and a fine proportional to the player's incomes (like 5 years worth of salary). now that would be a strong message.
baxter said:
Wait a bit, if you are trying to link these fact you are going in the opposite direction, since two Roma supporters were arrested.
yeah, when i mentioned lazio i wasn't referring to this specific episode

. lazio has its own record of brutal assaults though. and the only reason i didn't mention roma is because they're not playing in europe this season.... otherwise they would be right on top of my eufa ban list, alongside napoli.....
...infact i wouldn't mind seeing the entire italian federation banned for a few years (as it happened with the english federation many years ago). that would be the wake up call we clearely need.
unfortunately such a scenario is unlikely in today's football, as there are too many economic interests tied too football events, for uefa to take such drastic measures.