FIFA bans Suarez for 4 months for biting

I guess it is the best we could really expect with all the different entities involved. When he does it again, yes, WHEN he does it again, ban the man for life !

How old are you!? I'd expect this kind of behavior from children on the playground at hoikuen, not from a grown @ss man. WTF?

The guy's an animal and has no business playing professional sports if he can't comprehend that biting his opponents is very, very wrong. Seriously, after three such biting incidents, I'm starting to wonder if something isn't very very wrong with Luis Suarez. Kind of reminds me of Mike Tyson back in his heyday, when he bit off a chucnk of Evander Holyfied's ear in 1997. Mike wasn't well balanced then either.

In spite of all this, Uruguayans still do not see that Suarez did any wrong. They have become enablers, by hiding and sheltering him constantly, telling him it wasn't his fault and that the rest of the world is on a witch hunt. You can't solve a problem if you don't recognize it exists. He should be getting professional help. Instead, he just goes back to Uruguay where he is told over and over that what he did was OK on a football pitch, that he was right and the others were wrong, that he is being targeted for being a good footballer.

I sincerely think there's an institutional and structural cause to his condition. He has been made to nurture a sense of victimization. If the man cannot see what he did wrong, there is no helping him. Chances are he will bite someone again. FIFA should throw him out of the game forever if that happens.

What was worse was his reaction. After such a dog act to pretend Chiellini got him. Chiellini should have taken a leaf out of John Hartson's book and kicked him in the mouth.

I agree with his punishment, but it was disproportional to his fault. After all, he didn't bite all that deep. And what about Pepe from Portugal, who commited a more serious fault (he could have broken the skull) and was punished with only one game.

FIFA actually does the right thing for a change. Who'd have thought? Liverpool need to get rid of him now, he won't be playing much next season now. The man is a liability. As for the Uruguayan FA, they should be censured too for their refusal to accept Suarez's guilt and essentially condoning his behaviour. All this European media conspiracy plot stuff is laughable and brings the Uruguay FA into disrepute - fine or ban them, preferably both.

He's also got to learn than football is a team game. By doing this, his team will suffer by losing their best player through suspension and have their name tarnished by his disgusting behaviour. If he was a teammate of mine, I'd chin him in the dressing room.

Liverpool came out worst in this case. They pay him £200k a week so thats over 3million for next 4months. Sure what he did was crazy but i dont think its more dangerous than Zidan's headbutt, but people still worship Zidan. Maybe Suarez will fit right in at Real Madrid, with Zidan and they have Pepe already who is a maniac and a repeat offender who should be in jail for assault (repeatedly kicking a player whilst on the ground).

Should have been two years.

If it had been his first bite, or major offense, Fifa's retribution would have been excessive. But although the man is a great soccer player, he is also unaware and without repentance of his repeated unpleasant behavior, multiple offenses, insincerity and dishonesty. Players like him give soccer a bad name.

Much too harsh. Why dont players who try to injure opponents and potentially end careers get such bans?

@zichi

Relax. You're well rid of him.

Just watch, wherever he goes next season will be regretting it after a couple of months.

@Zichi 50/50 is pretty close. The Liverpool Echo had it 52% in favour of him staying and 48% against last I checked. Looking at it practically, the suspensions alone would say to me sell.

Here's hoping the next time the little Suarez dog bites someone, the victim kicks all his teeth out. What a disgusting role-model for the millions of kids who watch soccer.

Those who think it is a conspiracy are afraid to accept the tooth.

Suarez should be suspended for much longer. He has twice before been suspended for biting incidents and doesn't learn from the past mistakes. Somebody should bite him back and see what it feels like.

He may have played his last game at the club and his future is very unclear.

Good. He BIT three opponents over the course of his career. He has no business on the field.