Bad rules and imprecise laws will always be flouted !!! If judgements are also imprecise, it is even easier for an astute lawyer to advise the "guilty" culprit how to avoid the full impact of his punishment.
The Football Association fined Sir Alex, the coach of Manchester United, 30 000 pounds sterling and gave him a five match touchline ban, for comments he made to the referee Martin Atkinson after his club had lost against Chelsea.
If the intent of the touchline ban was to inconvenience Sir Alex, this was not evident. In the first game of his ban he was seen by television viewers watching the game from a seat in the stands near the trainer's bench. On a direct telephone line he gave instructions to an assistent on the bench.
This blog applauds Sir Alex for benignly sidestepping the effect of this punishment. The F A must get its act together if the intention really was to punish Sir Alex !!!
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