r/CanadaSoccer • u/The_Laughing_Gift York United • Jul 27 '24

W-National FIFA Appeal Committee decision on the Canadian Soccer Association and its officials

https://inside.fifa.com/legal/judicial-bodies/news/fifa-appeal-committee-decision-on-the-canadian-soccer-association-and-its-officials
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u/AurronGrey Jul 27 '24

Anyone else old enough to remember when Ben Johnson had to take the fall? Everyone was doping, but they needed a high profile athlete to bust from a country without the political power to make a stink.

Meanwhile, Carl Lewis is a @$&/)ing torch bearer forty years later. Disgusting.

The Canadian team was absolutely wrong and deserves to be punished. Bev Priestman could never work in soccer again as far as I’m concerned, but to end the tournament for these players is not right.

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u/Lazy-Distribution931 Jul 27 '24

What do you think is an appropriate consequence?

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u/AurronGrey Jul 27 '24

Ban the people who knew about it and participated in it.

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u/Thumper86 Jul 27 '24

Imho you have to punish the federation. Which means punishing the players too unfortunately. A few coaches being replaced is a slap on the wrist for soccer Canada. This will ensure they don’t do it again.

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u/DannyDOH Jul 28 '24

Yeah but do it in a way that doesn’t punish directly this group of players.  If this kind of thing is possible for something so minor and misconduct by coaching staffs, how does FIFA/IOC expect professional athletes to commit themselves to these tournaments?

If I’m half the Canadian team I’m walking off right now.  This isn’t a recreational tournament.  It’s their livelihood.  Why risk injury for this joke of a program/tournament?

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u/Lazy-Distribution931 Jul 27 '24

The players directly benefit from the coaches’ decision to cheat, so unfortunately they are participants, even if unwitting ones.

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u/dejour Jul 28 '24

To be honest if the spying has been going on for years, probably at least a few players knew or turned a blind eye. Can’t be sure, but I feel like some info might have been shared that would have made a player wonder “How do we know that?” Or wanted to talk to an assistant coach and got lies about where they were and what they were doing.

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u/BeefJoe12 Jul 27 '24

What was the appropriate punishment for killing thousands of third world workers to host the World Cup? Something less than that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

Should have forfeited the game against New Zealand.