Sure, insults happen all the time on the field. but there are some that can be let go and others that require actions.

What Zidane did was unexcusable because it's not who he really is. But what about all those FIFA regulations about racism ???

Fifa is so screwed up that they only punish what they see and not what they hear.

None of the referees saw what happened and had to use the fourth referee that saw it on a screen. Yet, they don't want to use replays to determine whether a goal was valid or a penalty was justified or not.

So in the future, you can call black people in any team anything you want, or asian people names and get away with it ???

I'd say it's wrong what Zidane did but he might also have figured that no one would punish the italian for making racist comments (if that was indeed the case)... so he'd have to take action himself.

Honor is more important than winning.

[This message has been edited by wizboy (edited 07-12-2006).]