>>I see Rivaldo has been fined.
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>What a farce that is! A guy earning around 80 grand week gets a 5 grand fine. Yes, FIFA really are clamping down on "simulations" <g>
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>Why not give Rivaldo a yellow card for cheating and recind Unsals red card?
>Mind you, what do you expect from that muppet Blatter.....
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>Paul
Yes I had mixed feelings about a punishment. A much larger cash fine would have been better. A suspension would deny us the chance to see him play in the Brasil team.
What would really clamp down on this is peer group pressure. Punish the team not the player.

Unsals may have got a red card anyway as he had already been booked and did kick the ball at him.

Nick Mason