Scudamore on Suarez

[Silver Sean]

Speaking to BBC Sport at the launch of the 2014-15 Premier League, Scudamore said the World Cup biting scandal that engulfed the Uruguay forward "reflected badly" on Liverpool and the Premier League.

How did it reflect badly on us? He was on international duty. How does being a bunch of idiotic, sexist, corrupt dinosaurs reflect on you? Fucking prick.

 

[hmmmmm1]

He was our player at the time.

 

[mom]

Of course it reflects badly on us. Doesn't matter where he is when he does what he does. He's a massive star and we are a global brand, and our image is crucial. By employing him and playing him we endorse his actions pretty much, or at least, that's how it's viewed by joe public.

 

[Frogfish]

Of course it reflects badly on us. Doesn't matter where he is when he does what he does. He's a massive star and we are a global brand, and our image is crucial. By employing him and playing him we endorse his actions pretty much, or at least, that's how it's viewed by joe public.

Any publicity is good publicity. See, it even had Rihanna interested in buying the club, her enjoying biting and all that.

 

[Silver Sean]

I couldn't disagree more.

 

[Whirly]

Sexy goals are the best publicity out there though.

 

[gkmacca]

I would have thought his own sexist emails reflected rather more badly than something that Suarez did, the great twat.

The member of the Football Association's inclusion advisory board who initially called for Richard Scudamore to be charged over sexist emails has said thePremier League chief executive's position is now untenable.

Edward Lord, who will meet with other members of the IAB on Tuesday to discuss the issue and the Premier League's response, said that the contents of an email to the clubs from Scudamore on Saturday night left him open to the charge of being insincere in his subsequent apology.

In the note to the 20 clubs, essentially the Premier League's shareholders who hold his fate in their hands, Scudamore said the story "had been obviously timed for our last day for it to cause maximum embarrassment to me and therefore the Premier League. The newspaper is asserting that some of the content is sexist and inappropriate. You will be the judge."

Lord claimed that the email showed Scudamore did not believe his comments, which included sexist jokes and a warning to a lawyer friend to keep a female colleague they nicknamed Edna "off your shaft" as part of an exchange about golf, were indeed inappropriate.

"This seeming refusal to accept that the content of his emails were in fact sexist and inappropriate to my mind completely undermines his public apology, and leads to only one conclusion: that it was insincere and therefore unsustainable in the court of public opinion," said Lord.

"If it is that Richard Scudamore didn't believe that what he had written was wrong less than a week ago, I think that it is highly unlikely that he has come to that conclusion in any reality since. On that basis it appears to me that his position is now looking untenable."

 

[the_dude]

if rogers went round assaulting people in his spare time it would reflect badly on the club. he is employed by liverpool fc, so was suarez. his actions, no matter who he was playing for at the time, reflect badly on us

 

[SummerOnions]

Scudamore is right though, as he comes from a more elite class to Suarez who is of a working background, and is obviously of lesser intellect

 

[Frogfish]

I couldn't disagree more.

Ah Sean. You've been tongued. Or cheeked. Whatever.

 

[Brizzle]

Scudamore is right though, as he comes from a more elite class to Suarez who is of a working background, and is obviously of lesser intellect

Fuckin' hell... give it a rest!

 

[Brizzle]

to keep a female colleague they nicknamed Edna "off your shaft" as part of an exchange about golf, were indeed inappropriate

Do the full emails actually exist? That sounds like a classic golf pun... maybe one to keep to IM and not email though!

 

[Frogfish]

Fuckin' hell... give it a rest!

It's a dig at Hague.

 

[Silver Sean]

if rogers went round assaulting people in his spare time it would reflect badly on the club. he is employed by liverpool fc, so was suarez. his actions, no matter who he was playing for at the time, reflect badly on us

Utter bollocks.

 

[localny]

e 2014-15 Premier League, Scudamore said the World Cup biting scandal that engulfed the Uruguay forward "reflected badly" on Liverpool and the Premier League.

cause maximum embarrassment to me and therefore the Premier League. The newspaper is asserting that some of the content is sexist and inappropriate. You will be the judge."

I think it reflects more badly on a man to be a sexist prick, and also be a role model for four daughters, - but that's me, I'm old school

 

[Silver Sean]

I would have thought his own sexist emails reflected rather more badly than something that Suarez did, the great twat.

Exactly. So Maradonna reflected badly on Napoli after the 'Hand of God', Beckham reflected badly on Man Utd after '98 WC, Zidane reflected badly on Real Madrid after WC final? I honestly despair of some of the people on here.

 

[Oliver Twist]

I've never quite bought the argument it reflected poorly on Liverpool FC. It had nothing to do with us.

 

[localny]

It's all nonsense issues. The matrix is keeping us distracted from our slavery!

 

[localny]

I've never quite bought the argument it reflected poorly on Liverpool FC. It had nothing to do with us.

Exactly, Anyone with a brain would agree. It reflects badly on Suarez, and the Way Uruguay reacted, it reflected badly on them. That's it!

 

[keniget]

He was our player so natural people would've associated us with whatever he did.

The Premier League as a "brand" will still be worse off without him though as he is a star.

 

[Dirkus_Circus]

Did he mention how a pathetic performance from Roy Hodgson's England at the world cup reflected poorly on the premier league?

 

[the_dude]

Utter bollocks.

you're entitled to your opinion even if you are wrong

 

[Mystic]

Suarez is a massive loss to the premier league not matter how this buffoon words it, I hate how self righteous so many Englishmen are, especially in and around football.

 

[Markeh]

Has Suarez given a just signed / I love the club interview for Barca yet? I was interested to see what he had to say about Liverpool but I couldn't find one.

 

[Aidan O' Neill]

Suarez is a massive loss to the premier league not matter how this buffoon words it, I hate how self righteous so many Englishmen are, especially in and around football.

It's ludicrous isn't it. Nobody in a position of power condemned Rooney when he volleyed a guy across the back of the legs and got suspended for three games of the Euros. Nobody said it reflected badly on Man United. The FA actually challenged to have it reduced. The racism and Ivanovic bite did reflect badly on Liverpool as they occurred on Liverpool time and in a Liverpool shirt, but the incident at the World Cup was/is not Liverpool's issue.

People in glasshouses also shouldn't be casting stones in relation to what makes the Premier League look bad.

 

[Jack D Rips]

Has Suarez given a just signed / I love the club interview for Barca yet? I was interested to see what he had to say about Liverpool but I couldn't find one.

It is with a heavy heart that I leave Liverpool for a new life and new challenges in Spain. Both me and my family have fallen in love with this club and with the city.
“But most of all I have fallen in love with the incredible fans. You have always supported me and we, as a family, will never forget it, we will always be Liverpool supporters.
“I hope you can all understand why I have made this decision. This club did all they could to get me to stay, but playing and living in Spain, where my wife’s family live, is a lifelong dream and ambition. I believe now the timing is right.
“I wish Brendan Rodgers and the team well for the future. The club is in great hands and I’m sure will be successful again next season.
am very proud I have played my part in helping to return Liverpool to the elite of the Premier League and in particular back into the Champions League.
“Thank you again for some great moments and memories. You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

 

[Silver Sean]

You just know we're going to come up against him for Barca in the CL.

 

[Mystic]

After Sunday, I'm really hoping we get Borussia Dortmund, but I'd be happy getting Barca too.

 

[Dirkus_Circus]

You just know we're going to come up against him for Barca in the CL.

I was just thinking this today as well, you know it's gonna happen.

 

[mom]

Exactly. So Maradonna reflected badly on Napoli after the 'Hand of God', Beckham reflected badly on Man Utd after '98 WC, Zidane reflected badly on Real Madrid after WC final? I honestly despair of some of the people on here.

Yeh but it's not quiiiite the same as Luis is it though? He's bitten someone three times now on a pitch. Been publicly condemned and punished for being a racist, also while playing for us. And yep, the last bite (says it all) was on international duty, but most people still viewed him as a Liverpool player. He was often viewed as a Liverpool player who was a racist and someone with a habit of biting people. Not quite the same as those above.
Also bare in mind just how much of a global brand we are now. And just how much money is involved. Image is crucial. Football is a business.