I know mate, well either way, we can safely say he'll get more than John Terry's 4-match racist ban.
Just to put a bit of perspective on how much of a "cunt" Suarez is as painted in the media:
Rio Ferdinand
Controversies
In 2000, Ferdinand briefly appeared in a sexually explicit video filmed at the
Ayia Napa resort in
Cyprus along with fellow English footballers
Kieron Dyer and
Frank Lampard.
Channel 4 aired a brief clip as part of their 2004 documentary
Sex, Footballers and Videotape, claiming it was used to "remind the viewer that this is based on real life".
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In 2002, during the rape trial of their acquaintance Martin King, Ferdinand and former Leeds colleague
Michael Duberry denied allegations that Duberry had molested the woman and Ferdinand had threatened her in the Leeds nightclub Hi-Fi on the night of 22 January, as well as further allegations of scuffling and drunkenness. Both men were interviewed by the police but the Crown Prosecution Service announced in April 2003 that they would not face charges.
[82] King was found guilty of indecent assault and attempted rape.
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During a radio interview on
The Chris Moyles Show in October 2006, Ferdinand attracted two listener complaints and criticism from gay rights campaigner
Peter Tatchell when he called Moyles a
faggot, followed by "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm not
homophobic", after Moyles had jokingly suggested he was
homosexual.
BBC Radio 1 later dismissed the exchange as
banter, while Tatchell said "since [he] very promptly apologised, I am happy to accept his regret and leave it at that".
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In the wake of a
court case involving
John Terry and Rio's brother
Anton, in which Terry was found not guilty of racial abuse, Rio Ferdinand sparked media controversy by expressing amusement at the comments of a
Twitter user who referred to
Ashley Cole, who had testified in Terry's favour, as a "choc ice", a slang term which is commonly understood to mean "
black on the outside, white on the inside", and was interpreted by many spectators as a racist slur.
[86] Ferdinand deleted the tweet shortly afterwards and denied
choc ice is a racist term, adding, "And if I want to laugh at something someone tweets....I will! Hahahahaha! Now stop getting ya knickers in a twist!"
[87] Cole's lawyers released a statement in response, stating that he would not be taking the matter further.
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Ferdinand's words were condemned as "insensitive and untimely" by
PFA chief
Clark Carlisle.
[89] In August 2012, Ferdinand was fined £45,000 for his Twitter remarks after an Independent Regulatory Commission found him guilty of bringing the game into disrepute with an "improper" comment which included "a reference to ethnic origin, colour or race."
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Driving bans
In September 1997, Ferdinand was convicted of
drink-driving and given a one-year driving ban. He had been breathalysed after driving on the morning after a night out, and was found to be one point over the limit.
[91] As a result, England manager
Glenn Hoddle dropped Ferdinand from the squad to face Moldova in a
World Cup qualification match on 10 September, meaning Ferdinand lost out on the chance, at 18 years and 10 months of age, of becoming the youngest England international since
Duncan Edwards.
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In March 2003, Ferdinand was given another six month ban from driving, and fined £2,500 and six penalty points for driving at an average of 92 mph (148 km/h) along the
M1.
[93] In May 2005, Ferdinand was criticised by a
magistrate as he received his fourth ban from driving and a fine of £1,500, after being caught by traffic police "travelling at an average of 105.9 mph (170.4 km/h) over a distance of nearly two miles" on the
M6 motorway. On setting the penalty, the magistrate said Ferdinand "should be a positive role model for young people in society and this does not give out the right message". It followed two previous bans for
speeding, in 2002 and 2003.
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In September 2012 Ferdinand was given a six-month ban from driving after being caught speeding three times in five weeks on the same road. Ferdinand already had three points on his licence after twice being caught speeding in the same area in January.
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