Quote:The owner of Wigan football club has just been fined £50,000 banned from attending any home games and must attend an awareness class so he does not re offend etnic groups , be it religeous or racial.
It's a 6 week ban. He owns a major football club, he's paid a lot of money, he's been a stupid boy making offensive comments in public and brought the game into disrepute. He got a slap on the wrist.
He has accept the charges, accepted the verdict, will attend the awareness class and will not appeal.
Hopefully he will learn from this experience and in future behave appropriately in public.
Well done to the FA. Racism has no place in the UK and no place in football.