SUAREZ WAS WRONG & DESERVED TO BE PUNISHED BUT IS BITING WORSE THAN ELBOWING OR DIVING?

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Luis Suarez has come under stiff criticism recently for biting a player for the 3rd time in his career and has also been given support by many for the ban FIFA placed on him. Yes, biting is wrong, yes he deserved to be punished, but is it really worth punishing him for 4 months? Is biting worse than elbowing (intentionally), diving or a 2-legged tackle?

Biting causes temporary damage and pain to the skin of not more than 5 minutes. Elbowing intentionally could easily break the victim's jaw. Diving could change the course of a match (Neymar Vs Real madrid) it could knock a team out of a competition (Arjen Robben Vs Mexico). A two-legged tackle could end a player's career (Eduardo has never looked the same since his double leg break against Birmingham), even an intentional studs up tackle could end a career (Roy keane's tackle on Alf-inge Haaland, ment the player never played a full match again & retired shortly)

So with all these said, which would you prefer? To be bitten, or elbowed, or have someone dive against your team, to be given a career ending tackle? Did Suarez's bite prevent Italy from not taking their chances & beating Uruguay? Did the bite end Chiellini's career?. As seen the other crimes have far more nasty results if it happens? So why have a worse punishment? You can say because its morally wrong, but is cheating and deliberating injuring someone morally right? You can say the punishment is worse because biting is rare and is psychotic but because the other crimes are not rare, but does it make any less punishable? Murder isn't rare, but isn't it still bad?. These questions need to be answered by FIFA and looked at.

After the incident people were calling for a lengthy ban of 6 months to a year. But after Robben's dive or Sakho's elbow no one said anything. The FIFA disciplinary didn't even deliberate on the Robben dive despite the player admitting to diving, and yet Sepp Blatter said "Suarez bite isn't fair play". Is this fair play? its hypocritic and ironical at the same time. It isn't the first time Robben is diving so don't give the excuse that its not the first time Suarez is biting. Some players who fail doping tests and fix matches get less than a 4-month ban. All these goes back to the claim Uruguayans have that Suarez is victimized and their claims may not be that far-fetched.

Maradona agrees that the punishment was not worth it. Jamie Carragher argues that "Uruguay didn't suffer during his 8-game ban, so why should liverpool suffer now". His grandmother calls it "the treatment of a dog", Diego Lugano calls it the ban "barbaric". Uruguayan President, Jose Mujica described FIFA as "sons of bitches" for the ban imposed on Suarez. Chiellini who was bitten describes the ban as "excessive". They are all right. The ban is unfair, excessive and the situation has been blown out of proportions. Personally the ban should be between 3-4 matches and a small fine. I agree Suarez was wrong, but the ban and hype around the situation are excessive and unfair.