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> >There are plenty of examples of cheating in football that are
> >worse than that, the most obvious high-profile one being Maradonna's
> >"Hand of God" goal.
> How as it worse than Henry's blatant cheating?
It's not. But at least he was straightforward about it (according to a
few RSS posts, I didn't see it yet), and did not blame "La Main de
Dieu" or something like that.
None of this make what Henry did right. Not the fact that others have
done the same before, nor the fact that he admitted it. And yeah, I do
appreciate him less today than I did yesterday.
It doesn't make him Satan, however, and doesn't make it the sole
culprit for all football problems.
Refereeing mistakes are a huge problem, which should be seriously
tackled by the powers that be. Mistakes will always exist, but as it
is there are too many IMO.
Until effective measures are taken, every once in a while some time
will be screwed. Sometimes it will happen in a high profile match like
yesterday's, which is an embarrassment to the sport.
Ultimately, such embarrassment is not Henry's fault. He is guilty of
deliberately handling the ball in that specific match, but he is not
guilty that the goal stood and nothing will be done about it.
Some might call for a disciplinary suspension to Henry. I would be all
for it, as long as such punishments are consistently applied to every
player that gets away with cheating on the field.
I don't believe it's going to happen because: 1) the powers that be
are not particularly inclined to admit there's a problem, and 2) the
powers that be don't seem to be particularly inclined to properly
enforce such things.
Abra?o,
Luiz Mello