Following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing, Yannick Sagbo has been fined £15,000, subject to any appeal, after he admitted an aggravated breach of FA Rule E3. The Hull City player was also warned as to his future conduct and ordered to complete a compulsory education course. Mr Sagbo was charged by The FA with improper conduct concerning social media postings relating to the quenelle gesture. The charge was that the comment was abusive and/or indecent and/or insulting and/or improper, contrary to Rule E3(1). Further to that, The FA considered the comment to be an aggravated breach, as defined in FA Rule E3[2], in that it included a reference to ethnic origin and/or race and/or religion or belief. The Independent Regulatory Commission will provide written reasons for its decision in due course. Both The FA and Mr Sagbo have the right to appeal the decision. http://www.thefa.com/news/governance/2014/apr/yannick-sagbo-fined#RgI2Q9y0kv3hgcDe.99
The upside being that he's not received a ban so is available for the final when our forward options are limited. I suspect he won't be appealing
That is the key here. Whilst I don't think he really learns his lesson with a slight fine, it's a big bonus for us.
What a joke. Sagbo did nothing wrong and the fact others were let off without charge for doing the same just adds to the FA and incompetance they carry on with on a daily fashion. It is about time that the FA went on an "educational course" - one of common sense. If Sagbo played for a so called big club then he would not have been charged at all.
I think Professional sports people the world over are getting a little bit of a raw deal here. If they put something up on a social website that is construed as a bit crass or unsuitable they cop a whopping fine. They don't bring their chosen sport into disrepute, they bring their own character into dis repute. Their chosen sport is their occupation, and their private life and their occupation should not cross. How many people on these boards have been fined by their bosses for putting an inappropriate post on face book, twitter, or not606. I doubt any have.
I'm afraid as that's your belief, you contravene FA Rule E3[2]. If you put you disbelieve they acted fairly, I believe you're okay...oh hang on, now it's me in trouble.
I know people who have been disciplined by bosses for stuff they've put on social media sites. If you're a teacher or work in the NHS you have to be careful what you put out there on the interweb.
Not that I know of. But what actual powers do the FA have? Can they get a player fired? Or is a fine and a short ban all they can really do?
True, but the problem that people are having is that the others were not fined or had any action taken against them.
There are quite a lot of examples of people being sacked for what they put out on social media, it probably cost them more than £15k. Sagbo was an idiot for tweeting what he did, as soon as I saw it I knew he'd get charged, as did half the rest of the City fans on Twitter.
It would be interesting to see the outcome if a player challenged the FA in a court of law as I believe that organisations can't make rules outside of the law. But I could be wrong there
People at my wife's school lost their job for posting on FACEBOOK. Mind you they had rung in sick and then posted pictures of themselves partying on the same day. Not the brightest thing to do. This was not a first offence by them by the way, give them enough rope and all that.
I was speaking to him and his mates for an hour or so the other week in Pozition and he really didn't sound intelligent. He also tried to get one of my (female) friends to go home with him and exchanged phone numbers, it was only recently we found out he has a wife and kids
