I understand Luis Suarez and the Liverpool club issued a formal apology for Suarez's gesture to refuse shaking Patrice Evra's hand at the beginning of the Man. U. - L'pool match on Saturday.
Big fucking deal!
They're making too much of this, really! I mean, so what if Suarez didn't shake Evra's hand? Was he absolutely required to? These players are supposed to be fierce adversaries; they're not supposed to hug and kiss each other on the pitch. To hell with the handshakes! The last time I checked, it was not the law to shake the hand of everybody with whom you compete. So why do they have to do it in the Premier League?
And why is Suarez vilified for not shaking Evra's hand? After all, Evra's behaviour cost Suarez to miss eight games. I'm sure Suarez did not want to shake Evra's hand because of that reason, not because Suarez is a racist. (If he is a racist, that's too bad, but I can see how a player, any player, would be upset at another player who is the cause for the lengthy suspension of the first said player. Were they supposed to just "kiss and make up", for the sake of appearances?)
Let's not become so sensitive as to forget that sports is a place where competitors try to take each other out of contention, not take out each other.
And one more thing: If Suarez was supposed to apologize for this minor thing, then shouldn't Rio Ferdinand also apologize for his refusal? What was he thinking, that two wrongs make a right?
But, again, I don't think any of those gestures were wrong. It would be gay, as in lame, uncool, stupid, to condemn these players, and really subjective and ridiculous to just condemn one.
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