Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales has been provisionally suspended by Fifa following his conduct at the women’s World Cup final in Sydney last weekend.
Rubiales has refused to resign from his post after kissing Jenni Hermoso – who has stressed she did not consent – on the lips, prompting Fifa to step in.
A Fifa statement said: “The chairman of the Fifa Disciplinary Committee, Jorge Ivan Palacio (Colombia), in use of the powers granted by article 51 of the Fifa Disciplinary Code (FDC), has decided today to provisionally suspend Mr. Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities at national and international level.
And SFA is threatening to sue Jenni Hermoso. Kind of pathetic when Fifa has the moral high ground here.
It sure feels weird agreeing with FIFA
And the writing was in the freaking wall, this was too much for FIFA to ignore as usual. I don’t understand why the rest of the federation decided this was the hill they wanted to die on.
They are threatening to sue her for lying and defamation? Wtf? People saw the kiss and everything I’ve read about the situation sounds like all she did was say that she never consented to it. SFA can get fucked.
They’re claiming they can call you to play for the National team and you can’t skip out.
It’s like a fucking draft for soccer, except it’s by pervy old men.
Uh…FIFA doing the right thing? And NOT an Onion article?!
The spanish soccer team came together and said they would not do any events while he was still in charge.
Once again, a union gets things done.
That’s like getting kicked out of the KKK for being too racist.
Get fucked Luis. Also, fuck the Spanish FA and their tone deaf threats.
Even being as generous to him as humanly possible, I guess that’s that movie trope where you’re so happy you just grab the nearest person and randomly kiss them?
Worth noting I have never actually seen that outside of a movie, and even in films its always seemed a little over-the-top goofy, not something a real person would ever actually do.
I honestly would’ve thought this was European culture one step removed from two kisses on the cheeks as a greeting. Though I’m curious if that is still common, especially “post” covid.
No, he’s just been a creepy creep.
It’s like when everyone says cheers and tap your drink glasses together. It’s a culture that’s grown up out of something else. Originally the idea was that you would get a bit of your drink into their drink, which worked fine when everyone had the same drink. The idea was you were proving the drink couldn’t have been poisoned because you would be drinking the poison too, so it’s fine for everyone to relax and have a good time. That’s grew into just gently touching glasses together.
The kissing thing is the same. Originally yes, you actually kissed them (like 150 years ago) but now you just sort of put your faces near each other. You don’t actually make contact.
So it’s not really a defence.
I’m in a country where we do the pressing cheeks “kiss” (the lips make the kissing noise but don’t touch the cheek) and kissing on the lips is not a thing outside of couples. I think the fist bump has increased with covid, but the bise is still valued for family and close friends. Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4V0aD2PF14
And then, there’s this
Holy shit. That picture . . . and he’s still trying to maintain that SHE is lifting HIM? Guess she made him bend his legs and kick up his heels midair, too.
Here’s a pic in return - the crotch grab he actually did apologize for, but only because he got busted doing it standing very near Queen Letizia and 16-year-old Princess Sofía.
