There is precedent for that. SA were made to replay a match they’d won against Senegal after the Ghanaian officials were deemed to be match fixing with biased decisions. The Ghanaian officials were banned from the sport for life. SA lost the replay and Senegal were sent to the WC instead of SA. After last weekend’s match, I’m inclined to think there’s an unholy cheating alliance between Ghana and Senegal.
Just writing that ‘cos those things happened. I just don’t watch any SA or continental soccer any more, we’re terrible. For many years SA’s national team has been ranked below Syria, a country that hasn’t had any soccer stadiums for almost 10 years now. We are kaaaak, we should simply cancel SA soccer.
I’m struggling to get my head around the severity of Rassie Erasmus’ ban, or any ban at all. Archaic regulations if he’s not allowed to simply point out dodgy decisions. He’s not accusing refs of dishonesty or cheating, after all.
The two New Zealanders chairing the hearing seem to show evidence of bias themselves:
“We have no reason to doubt the genuineness of his (Siya’s) feelings. However, that is not the same as asserting as a fact that he had been disrespected nor that those feelings are correct,” the verdict read.
“During his testimony, Nic Berry told us that he had “massive respect” for Siya Kolisi as a person and as a player. We accept without reservation Nic Berry’s evidence that he, and his officiating team, did not intentionally disrespect Siya Kolisi.”
Somehow Kolisi’s lived experience was diminished by the panel as not being “a fact”, yet Berry and his team’s actions were unintentional.
The panel “without reservation” accepted Berry’s version, but had reservations about Kolisi’s feelings. Staggering. - Craig Ray
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-11-18-rassie-erasmus-banned-from-matchday-activities-for-10-months-by-world-rugby/
