To all my british folks

You may watch the TV and be surprised to see Uruguayan’s in the airport waiting for Luis Suarez as a hero. You may think that we are a third world country, full of uncivilicized people that think biting another person is alright. I’m sorry to dissapoint you, but you’re wrong.

People here in Uruguay know that what Luis did was wrong and he is no hero for doing that, he is a hero because all the good things he did, for example SENDING YOU OUT OF THE WORLD CUP :)

The thing is, that Suarez is more like a martyr for us. This outrageous suspension, treating him like a terrorist, is what makes us angry. And the thing that annoys us the most is that Luis’ incident wasn’t treated fairly, and that is what I’m going to write about.

Rarely does the FIFA Disciplinary Committee (FDC) take action. A lot of things happen on the football field that referees don’t see. For example, the hand goal of Maradona against England in 1986 and the ball that never crossed the line in 1966. But why was Luis’ indicent analyzed so critically when so many others were not?

We know that the English Football Association was responsible for the actions taken by FIFA. We know. You made FIFA open the investigation and your press did the rest. We are aware that what Luis did was wrong and expected that, like in any trial, the incident was going to be treated fairly. But that didn’t happen.

Let’s see the nationality of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee (FDC) members. What? Tonga? Cook Islands? Cayman Islands? Those countries do not have any football tradition. They don’t even have a tradition AS A COUNTRY. Something strange is happening here. Let’s use Wikipedia a little bit.

Cook Islands flag

Cayman Islands flag

What’s that thing in the upper left corner of both flags? You can also see it in the Australian flag, a country that also has a member in the FDC. Oh, that’s the Great Britain flag!

So far we have three members of the FDC DIRECTLY related to England (Cook Islands, Cayman Islands and Australia). If we continue, we will find a member from Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) and members from countries which used to be British colonies: Hong Kong, Singapore, Pakistán, USA, and the already mentioned Tonga, a protected state under a Treaty of Friendship with Britain until 1970.

So, we can see that 9 (NINE) members of the FDC could have a narrow vision of the Suarez incident because of their country being clearly related to England. That’s nine of a total nineteen. THAT’S A FAIR TRIBUNAL FOR YOU?

(I counted nine, but maybe there are more, because you have so many colonies around the globe that it is difficult to know them all)

And after we were made aware of the magnitude of the suspension and realize that Luis will probably miss the America’s Cup in 2015 and the first Qualifying matches for Russia 2018, we thought HEY! THAT IS EVEN MORE UNFAIR FOR THE URUGUAYAN NATIONAL TEAM. And then we see that the only south american members of the FDC are from Venezuela, Paraguay and Ecuador, all countries that will be favored if Suarez doesn’t play for Uruguay in the mentioned tournaments.

In other words, we can discuss day and night if the suspension was right or wrong, but it is undeniable that Luis Suarez’s incident was not treated fairly. And that, my folks, is what makes our people angry. Maybe now you understand us a little more.

Anyway, sorry to bother you, keep enjoying your tea. Turn the TV on if you still want to watch de World Cup. You’ll see Uruguay playing against Colombia for the Fifa World Cup.