VERY SAD Erling Haaland NEWS Has been announced this Evening by FIFA board on post-match bust-up after Totheham-Manchester City clash with Referee after calling him a “Dog”
Football Association rules say that if Erling Haaland is charged with breaking social media rules and found guilty, the most likely sentence would be a fine.
Referee Simon Hooper stopped a late City counterattack against Tottenham, but Haaland went to X to seem to question his choice. Hooper had just signalled to play on after the striker was caught. Hooper blew his whistle, which made Haaland and his teammates very angry. Haaland got back up to set up Jack Grealish for the goal.
Haaland got angry on the field and stayed angry until the end of the game. The striker then shared a video of the incident to his X (formerly Twitter) account with the caption “wtf [what the f—].” Alfie, his father, quickly answered, “terrible.”
According to FA rules, Haaland could be in trouble for breaking Rule E3.1, which says “Comments that are improper, that bring the game into disrepute, that are threatening, abusive, indecent, or insulting,” as well as “Comments about match officials that imply bias, attack the officials’ integrity, or are personally offensive in nature.”
If the FA decide to look into Haaland’s post, they will first ask for written comments or file a charge within three business days of being made aware of the post. After that, Haaland would have three business days to give any notes that were asked for.
After that limit, the FA would have three working days to decide if they were going to charge Haaland with a crime. Haaland would then have three working days to respond to the charge. After that, the Regulatory Commission meeting would happen within ten business days of the FA getting the answer.
Due to the holidays around Christmas and New Year, that could take any ruling up to January 5. After that date, Haaland would probably be able to file an appeal.
According to the FA’s rules, players are responsible for anything that is posted on their account. This meant that Haaland couldn’t say that someone else made the post instead, and deleting the post wouldn’t protect him from being punished either.
Because there are no set penalties for social media statements, the FA says that there are no penalties at all. While it does say that “financial penalties are the most usual form of sanction for these kinds of cases,” this could mean that Haaland won’t be banned if the FA decides to investigate, charge, and punish the forward.
The FA has been asked for their opinion.
