Comments on: Marshall Suspended Three Games

By: yt61

yt61 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:17:38 +0000

marco came screaming off the bench and got right in Marshall’s face. I think it was to protect Marshall more than anything. Marco was all kinds of pissed off.

By: BOFA

BOFA — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:01:42 +0000

Exactly what did Ferruzzi do?

I also agree that LA should cary some of the burden of the suspension. sucks for TFC and their defensive problems.

By: marco4

marco4 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:34:02 +0000

LA should suffer consequences because that’s who Marshall was playing for when he broke Cooper’s leg, that’s why. Game suspensions are not imposed just to punish the player who commits the infraction, but they should also act as a deterrent for future such incidents because suspending one player punishes that player’s entire team. In theory, and usually in practice, the team is also punished by not having that player’s services for the length of the suspension. Think FCD wasn’t being punished during Sala’s suspension? It’s not just the player who suffers.

Hockey fans will understand the analogy – there’s a reason why at times during hockey games you’ll hear that a player committed a “selfish” penalty. That’s because while he is punished for the time he’s sitting in the box, it’s the team that suffers by having to kill the penalty time. In this case, LA doesn’t lose anything, because Buddle will get to play for them right away. Hard to feel too sorry for TFC, because they made the trade, but they are the team who will go without the player’s services during the suspension. Something about that doesn’t seem right.

By: Conor

Conor — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:16:23 +0000

toronto needs central defenders, and LA needs…. anything at this point

By: jospa7

jospa7 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:47:40 +0000

can toronto make a more stupid trade???

By: Cai

Cai — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:10:08 +0000

Three games is about as much as I’d hoped for…what a thug. Have a nice time playing for an expansion team on a rug.

By: Quills

Quills — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:55:53 +0000

Why should LA suffer consequences? Marshall committed the foul. I’m sure Alexi Lalas didn’t tell Marshall to do it.

By: JC

JC — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:15:17 +0000

i think that’s about right

By: hilltopper soccer

hilltopper soccer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:14:21 +0000

If the league had any sense they would have not approved the trade until the suspension was complete. LA suffers no consequences.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:46:55 +0000

The only appeal I’d file is that the punishment is still insufficient.. although it sound like it as far as LA are concerned, it may have been the last straw and they just wanted rid of him.