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Football Fines - Out of touch with the modern game?


cheron85

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I was thinking about this in reference to the article below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58330306

Peterborough United and Cardiff City fined £5,000 each by FA after melee

£5k doesn't seem like an awful lot of money in the context of modern football finance - That would be a token contribution/fine from each players wages for a single week - For actions which the FA are hoping to stamp out

So what hope does the game have of reducing the daft posturing and scrapping - Which is a bad thing for youngsters playing the game to see and emulate - When the fines seem barely enough to make clubs/players think twice about their on pitch actions?

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In my opinion these fines are pointless and if the EFL really want to stop such behaviour then they should either ban all players involved for a few games or deduct points from the clubs as they say it's the clubs fault for not controlling their players. Either option would stand a better chance of success than a minimal fine. 

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On 25/08/2021 at 11:55, cheron85 said:

I was thinking about this in reference to the article below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58330306

Peterborough United and Cardiff City fined £5,000 each by FA after melee

£5k doesn't seem like an awful lot of money in the context of modern football finance - That would be a token contribution/fine from each players wages for a single week - For actions which the FA are hoping to stamp out

So what hope does the game have of reducing the daft posturing and scrapping - Which is a bad thing for youngsters playing the game to see and emulate - When the fines seem barely enough to make clubs/players think twice about their on pitch actions?

I don’t think they should be fined at all, it’s an entertainment industry and a good brawl is entertaining. I love it when it happens, the crowd gets going and the atmosphere turns up a notch. I don’t see anything wrong with it. As for all this it’s a bad thing for youngsters, what a load of snowflake tosh.
 

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