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maybe an idea because at the moment if he continues with his threat to pull out he's going to miss quite a few PremierLeague games due to be banned, retiring might be a way around it tho...

Surely it's upto a player if they want to represent their country or not? how can Fifa force them, it wouldn't be in anyone's interests.

Say you had family issues and didn't want to leave them for 6 weeks, you could easily play/train with your club and handle that, but travelling away would be impossible.

I think it's the press kicking up a storm, I cannot see how you can enforce it.

Don't see anything happening with it to be honest.

Yeah, I think Fifa brought the rule in as clubs were pulling players from international friendlies etc with slight injuries, but then they played at the weekend for their club, Fergy always did that with Giggs.

Just as Carra did, funny business.

I think they actually can, remember Makelele wanting to retire from International football and Domeneque not agreeing to it. Makelele had to play and Mourinho said that the French Football Federation treated players as slaves.

I cant see why the bleeding hearts beat the drum about racism in football. It exist in the pubs, on the streets and in especially politics. Racism disgusts me but what is so special about it happening on the footy pitch?

probably. Because the Football authorities want to see themselves as whiter than white pardon the pun and lay down some sort of marker that they do everything right and by the book. If you ask me all this racism thing has been blown up out of all proportion by the PC brigade, just what I think, punishments dished out need to fit the crime and common sense needs to be applied...

Well you're pretty damn low then, which we all already knew.

To answer Chester, yes there is racism in every walk of life. But when it's in the forefront of the public eye, in a sport where millions of kids look up to these players and idolise them, it has to be stamped out and stamped out hard. If kids see their idols being racist and getting away with it, where do you think that could lead?

I'm not the most politically correct person there is but even for me, there is no place for this in any walk of life and to pass it off as just words as our resident BE does is just not good.

i know it may be difficult for you but please try and keep to topic and leave your own personal feelings toward me out of the thread, just concentrate on the thread am not involved in might be better for you..cheers pal...

Yes my own opinion is that the FA are trying to be seen to be holier than vow pushing the racism card to the full, they are in some ways trying to make up for the corruption and greed which engulfs the organisation so try to win friends with the racism push...
Like I say there's no place for racism in sport but we do need a bit of perspective and need to apply common sense regarding punishments...