Football

From the first para...

He did not fix a match, which strikes at the very heart of sport. He did not use performance-enhancing drugs, which is the most insidious form of cheating. He did not go over the top and break an opponent’s leg, or shatter an opponent’s nose or cheekbone with an elbow. He did not attack a referee (he has done that, head-butting an official, but that was 11 years ago when he was playing youth team football at 16 and he received a long ban).

This is a little presumptuous. He may have fixed to get sent off in the last 10 minutes (he may not). He might be on drugs if all the rumours of other teams having a bit of help from mysterious doctors are to be believed (he may not). He didn't break any bones, but he nearly broke the skin what sort of sick weirdo goes around biting people? He may be some sort of cannibal (He may not). The fact that he's had several of these run ins before and doesn't seem to learn is the worst part. The punishment shouldn't be for one event, it should be a culmination of fuck ups that he's treated us to during his career.

Tl;dr version: He's a cunt, always has been, always will be. You can't defend his actions, especially with presumptions from a kopite journo.