The Banana incident

[Shadydan]

I don't think there is any scenario where this looks good for your friend.

He threw a banana peel at a black player.

Excuse: He just threw whatever was there, never gave it any thought.

Problem 1: What if it was a bottle? Would he have thrown that? I assume the answer to that is "No, he would know not to throw a bottle at someone!" But, that then begs the question - if he would know not to throw a bottle - at what point would he know not to throw a banana peel?

Problem 2: Why throw anything, at all, on the pitch? Emotions run high - I get that - but there is a very bright line, and you don't throw things on the pitch. He is 50-yo, surely that is a life lesson he has already learnt.

My advice to him would be to apologize publicly, and figure out how to reach out to Aubameyang and apologize to him directly. He should state that he did not intend to offend anyone, but that he realizes that throwing a banana peel at players, no matter the intent, is wrong and offensive. He should apologize to anyone who was offended, and to Aubameyang specifically. He should apologize to Spurs, and Spurs supporters for bringing them into disrepute. He should then say that he will accept any ban imposed and will learn from this.


I think if he does that - and accepts responsibility - he won't get a lifetime ban.

Pretty sure he's done the whole apology thing already.

 

[EastLondonYid]

I don't think there is any scenario where this looks good for your friend.

He threw a banana peel at a black player.

Excuse: He just threw whatever was there, never gave it any thought.

Problem 1: What if it was a bottle? Would he have thrown that? I assume the answer to that is "No, he would know not to throw a bottle at someone!" But, that then begs the question - if he would know not to throw a bottle - at what point would he know not to throw a banana peel?

Problem 2: Why throw anything, at all, on the pitch? Emotions run high - I get that - but there is a very bright line, and you don't throw things on the pitch. He is 50-yo, surely that is a life lesson he has already learnt.

My advice to him would be to apologize publicly, and figure out how to reach out to Aubameyang and apologize to him directly. He should state that he did not intend to offend anyone, but that he realizes that throwing a banana peel at players, no matter the intent, is wrong and offensive. He should apologize to anyone who was offended, and to Aubameyang specifically. He should apologize to Spurs, and Spurs supporters for bringing them into disrepute. He should then say that he will accept any ban imposed and will learn from this.


I think if he does that - and accepts responsibility - he won't get a lifetime ban.

How many more fucking times do i have to repeat he threw it at Bellerin... Stop fucking making this about colour FFS

 

['O Zio]

How many more fucking times do i have to repeat he threw at Bellerin... Stop fucking making this about colour FFS

But both throwing missiles OF ANY KIND onto the pitch is a direct violation of the same act as racist chanting/abuse. That's the point. It may sound slightly better when he's telling his mates if he hasn't been convicted of being a racist ****, but that doesn't mean he hasn't done something wrong and that doesn't mean he doesn't deserve a ban. Like I said before, if his main defense is the fact that he was "only" committing another crime, then he's still committed a fucking crime so the sob story isn't going to get him much sympathy to be honest. If he hadn't been acting like a twat he wouldn't have put himself in this situation at all.

 

[EastLondonYid]

But both throwing missiles OF ANY KIND onto the pitch is a direct violation of the same act as racist chanting/abuse. That's the point. It may sound slightly better when he's telling his mates if he hasn't been convicted of being a racist ****, but that doesn't mean he hasn't done something wrong and that doesn't mean he doesn't deserve a ban. Like I said before, if his main defense is the fact that he was "only" committing another crime, then he's still committed a fucking crime so the sob story isn't going to get him much sympathy to be honest. If he hadn't been acting like a twat he wouldn't have put himself in this situation at all.

Thats it im done, you clearly haven't been reading what i have been writing or your taking the piss.

NO ONE SAID HE ISN'T WRONG-SHOULD'NT TAKE A BAN-ISN'T A SILLY MORON ETC ETC ETC

HE DID NOT THROW IT AT A BLACK PLAYER IS MY ONLY POINT...THE REST I AGREE...

IM OFF TO WATCH THE GAME

 

['O Zio]

Thats it im done, you clearly haven't been reading what i have been writing or your taking the piss.

NO ONE SAID HE ISN'T WRONG-SHOULD'NT TAKE A BAN-ISN'T A SILLY MORON ETC ETC ETC

HE DID NOT THROW IT AT A BLACK PLAYER IS MY ONLY POINT...THE REST I AGREE...

IM OFF TO WATCH THE GAME

 

[Dougal]

Clearly this is an emotive thread so we’d appreciate if people weren’t on the wind-up and read and understand the explanation first.

Now that it has been made, here and in the media I think we should put this to bed.

By all means get involved at football matches but use some common sense and hopefully you won’t find yourself trying to explain your actions and intentions.

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