So, having had a rant yesterday over the disparity of John Terry being charged by the FA, whilst others’ conduct appeared less than professional, the FA have said they’re going to charge Rio Ferdinand with Improper Conduct.
I suppose if I was being picky, I could argue that unlike John Terry – who we already know is being charged with “using abusive and/or insulting words and/or behavior” not to mention the additional allegation that this “included a reference to the ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race of Ferdinand”, in spite of being found not guilty of this particular charge in a court of law – the fact that Rio’s tweet had racist connotations doesn’t appear to have got a mention.
Of course, the argument has already been put forward that Rio clearly wasn’t being racist because tweeting “I hear you fella! Choc ice is classic hahahahahahha!” was simply repeating the words of some no-mark racist but that’s a bit ironic really, since they cocked a deaf ‘un when JT suggested he was repeating words he believed he’d just been accused of saying. But of course, I wouldn’t be petty enough to bring any of that into the equation.
For now, I’ll just wait and see whether there’s any parity at all when the punishments are dished out……..this ain’t over though.
Blue is the colour
