Tuesday 31 July 2012
RIO FERDINAND CHARGED BY FA OVER ALLEGED RACIST TWEET.
It's a tale of two former club and country captains caught at the wrong end of the law one after the other. Last week, it was John Terry's racial abuse case against Anton Ferdinand, now Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand has been charged by the English FA with improper conduct over comments he made on Twitter. It is alleged that the player acted in a way which was improper and/or bought the game into disrepute by making comments which included a reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race.
The alleged misconduct was in the aftermath of the John Terry trial when Ferdinand had responded to a comment on Twitter which described Cole, 31, as a "choc ice", after the latter appeared in court as a defence witness for Chelsea team-mate Terry, in the racial abuse case involving Rio's brother, Anton.
Although, the term "choc ice" could be construed as a reference to a person being black on the outside and white on the inside. But Rio was quoted on tweeter as saying that what he wrote was a type of slang/term used by many for someone who is being fake. The embattled Manchester United defender has until the 2nd of August to respond to the allegation.
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The alleged misconduct was in the aftermath of the John Terry trial when Ferdinand had responded to a comment on Twitter which described Cole, 31, as a "choc ice", after the latter appeared in court as a defence witness for Chelsea team-mate Terry, in the racial abuse case involving Rio's brother, Anton.
Although, the term "choc ice" could be construed as a reference to a person being black on the outside and white on the inside. But Rio was quoted on tweeter as saying that what he wrote was a type of slang/term used by many for someone who is being fake. The embattled Manchester United defender has until the 2nd of August to respond to the allegation.
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