Suspended Spanish soccer chief Rubiales says he will resign over kiss scandal

What has Rubiales's mom said about this turn of events? Is the local cathedral being guarded?

About time.

Too little too late. He's a disgrace to the game.

If only he learnt some respecting other people boundaries beforehand. Lets not make culture or mentality an excuse.

While Rubiales made a complete mess of the fallout and should have apologised from the start, it was barely a peck in the midst of the celebrations of winning the world cup. Misjudged? Yes. Sexual assault? Do me a favour.

Then we have all the usual suspects politicising and weaponising womens football including Megan Rapinhoe who prefers to prioritise her sexuality rather than her sport.

Despite its many faults at least the mens game can say that it has never promoted choices of sexuality over the sport.

Are we really surprised that so many (gay) women in the sport were outraged by a man daring to kiss a woman..

Sexual assault? Do me a favour.

Try it tomorrow. Pick a woman, any woman. See how it goes.

Try it tomorrow. Pick a woman, any woman. See how it goes.

You just underlined the whole point. She wasn't just any woman. He was president of her sport handing her a winners medal as they celebrated the title.

Watch the video - its a peck. Yet another person politicising and weaponising the whole thing.

He was an idiot for his post management and lack of apology. But many football fans are sick and tired of the womens game shoving their sexuality down our throats.

 She wasn't just any woman. He was president of her sport handing her a winners medal as they celebrated the title.

Ok. Try it with your employee next time you celebrate something together. See how it goes.

But many football fans are sick and tired of the womens game shoving their sexuality down our throats.

No. That is just you.

And a few conservative Americans.

Ok. Try it with your employee next time you celebrate something together. See how it goes.

If I celebrated an award with a female employee and misjudged the same peck I would be expected to apologise immediately. I would not be charged with sexual assault. The speed of the peck makes it impossible to be either sexual or an assault. Watch the video (I doubt that you have).

Instead of the world reading about such a great team celebrating such a great world title, all we have read about for weeks and weeks is this peck on the lips.

The womens game continues to preach to everyone about gay relationships which would not be tolerated in the mens game where it is all about the sport itself.

You are talking about two completely separate issues.

Let's just say you consider a 'peck' acceptable and no-one would charge you with sexual assault and move along to the second point.

The womens game continues to preach to everyone about gay relationships which would not be tolerated in the mens game where it is all about the sport itself.

I am going to presume you are a football fan. If so, you must surely be aware that many of the women players are openly gay. It is just you who feels they are 'preaching'.

You must also be astutely aware that there are almost no openly gay male football players, even though it is statistically impossible they are all straight.

The abuse that any openly gay footballer would receive means that none come out. That is why it is about the sport itself. Because of prejudice.

Watch the video - its a peck.

What a loser - he ruined his reputation for a 'peck'. Probably should have not pecked.

If I celebrated an award with a female employee and misjudged the same peck I would be expected to apologise immediately. I would not be charged with sexual assault.

If it was my employee, I'd fire you and report you to the police and let them decide if it's sexual assault. I'm not going to force my employee to work with someone who has touched them in a sexual manner without their consent.

Maybe, maybe the problem was not a single peck but the story started long before and the peck was just the last drop

If it was my employee, I'd fire you and report you to the police and let them decide if it's sexual assault. I'm not going to force my employee to work with someone who has touched them in a sexual manner without their consent.

Fortunately, over-sensitive losers who are desperate to fire people/ call the police are rare within the workplace. Fortunately most human beings are not robots who are averse to any form of misjudged communication. Most other people have a life.

Anything else you want to preach to the world about strangers.?

Fortunately, over-sensitive losers who are desperate to fire people/ call the police are rare within the workplace.

Whose desperate to fire someone? Any of our staff would be a hit, financially, and emotionally, not to mention the fallout from letting someone go in that way - it kills morale. It wouldn't be an easy decision.

But the other option is forcing an employee to work with someone who has forcibly touched them in an unwanted sexual manner, or find another job, is the morally unconscionable action.

Would you leave the kissed worker to make that decision?

Any reason why you're so soft on gropers who aggressively attack women? (Sorry, was I supposed to leave the rhetoric solely to you?)

Just said it was not sexual assault.

This idea that kisses on the lips are not sexual is ridiculous. It is literally the beginning of all foreplay, and for most of us in western society, we are much more comfortable kissing one sex on the lips than the other, as it is much too intimate to do with someone you are not sexually attracted to.

Also, if you don't consider kisses on the mouth sexual, how boring you must be in bed.