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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK
I don't suppose Evra wanted to the shake the hand of a racist that has abused him either. But he wasn't stupid and knew the media would be looking, he knew if he just shook hands that would be that, end of story, and both players could move on. For some reason Suarez didn't want that and the story is going to go on and on.
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I think there is also a further point in that the Suarez / Evra incident has been extremely bad for the game. Whether you wanted to shake the other's hand or not, football is bigger than both of them and so to show the world at large that the racist episode was over between them - as far as the game goes - the handshake would have been the responsible thing to do.
I am not doubting that there are racists in football, from all shades of the colour spectrum. But let's leave that off the pitch, especially when you have easily influenced people (including youngsters) watching.
On a further note, Cameron should stay out of football....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17001503