Strange Administrative Days...
A trio of strange decisions from three different football associations in recent days...
Chelsea have been charged for their toys-from-the-pram behavior in the Nou Camp. Is it really such a big deal that the club did not turn up at the post-match press conference? Other than them's the rules, I mean?
Surely that's less important than Mourinho's antics at the Millenium Stadium, when the "shushing" gesture raised the possibility of a crowd disturbance. The British FA's decision to do nothing smacks of a fear of vested Premiership interest on the FA Board.
And before I am accused of anti-Chelsea bias, look to the first point again. As far as I am concerned, Mourinho didn't do much wrong at Barcelona; he was true to his character when losing, maybe, but I have no problem with him skipping the post-match press conference.
Roman can probably stump up whatever fine is levied...
Lastly, and most shamefully, The Spanish FA, more craven than even the British FA, fined Spanish National Coach Luis Aragones for making racist comments.
£2,060.
Pathetic. That certainly sent a message about making ignorant, racial comment in Spanish Football: no intelligence, no worries, the Spanish FA will Lightly touch your wrist if necessary...
Let's see, a Regional association, surely the world's most powerful, charges a team for skipping a press conference...
The British FA cowers in its collective Soho Square Den instead of charging the same team's coach with grossly petulant behaviour during a Cup Final...
The Spanish FA levies a pittance of a fine on its national coach for racist comment, a persistent problem in Spanish football, as anyone who attends Primera matches can attest...
Are world football associations no longer capable of governing the game?
posted by Bill Urban @ 12:50 PM
5 Comments:
Point 1: Yeah, it is quite important. During the press conference is when the sponsors get their most amount of money, and the TV rights, and reporters and such that. The media go there for a post match analysis which is just as important as the game in reporting point of view, cause they can stretch the story further into a few articles. Also sponsors gain from that, notice the advertisements around where the managers talk, that's the sponsors paying their money's worth.
Point 2: Yeah, Mourinho is an idiot, who just can't handle being wrong at times.
Point 3: The Spanish FA are a bunch of schmucks with the way they're fining this season.
Duniyadnd:
Importance is a relative term...
I am well aware of the function of a post-match press conference. However, when faced with comparing the importance of the interests of the media, of which I am a member, remember, and sponsors, let's don't forget the money-boys, no, no, never, with the provocation of a group of supporters on the one hand and risible, emotional anti-thinking on the other, my implication was crystal clear.
The game's administrators will work to "protect" the media, because propagandists are needed, and to protect the sponsors, because houses in Switzerland and vacation in St. Tropez are needed.
Needed by administrators, anyway...
Puerile, inflammatory behavior by the manager of a Premiership club and racism by a National Team manager?
Well, there's no money on confronting those, is there?
Bill U
Oh ok, was a late day to figure out if you were serious by the original thoughts. Yeah, it's really a no brainer, and it's about time UEFA/FIFA makes a set of rules for the types of fines that FAs can allocate on clubs, players or managers. Obviously it won't be by numbers, but by percentages, so a week's pay would be docked for missing a post match interview, whereas a something that would fall under a Level A racism section would fall under a 10% of revenue they get in one match or something similar.
Systematic is the key, however it's not going to happen, especially the way the Spanish FA have been working things this season.
Systematic is the key, however it's not going to happen, especially the way the Spanish FA have been working things this season.truer words...
The Spanish FA's stance, or lack of one rather, when confronted with overwhelming evidence of widespread baiting of black players, is a craven and cowardly one.
It's truly a shame; I know the anti-authoritarian sentiment is an integral part of the different regional cultures in Spain, but still.
A statement needed to be made, and wasn't.
Agreed.
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