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Twitter isn't the only thing bringing the ENTIRE GAME
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After #BUNCHOFTWATS-gate broke last week it was inevitable that everyone’s favourite diminutive panto-villain would end up being charged by both club and country. Although there are many at Chelsea who no doubt agree with Ashley Cole’s sentiment, the overriding consensus was that it was not the preferred execution of such a statement and broke the club’s social networking policy.
Chelsea took away Cole’s car keys before telling him he’d be without two week’s salary for interrupting Roberto Di Matteo’s presser. When you consider the incident in isolation the punishment seems reasonable enough…but what about when you consider it alongside other punishments? For Chelsea – an irresponsible tweet equals £240K – only £10K less than if Cole had did something as drastic as shooting a work experience student. I mean interns are easily replaced, but still…
The FA followed Chelsea’s lead, as the #BUNCHOFTWATS charged Ashley Cole with ‘bringing the entire game into disrepute’. THE ENTIRE GAME! Who knew you could master that in 140 characters with some questionable grammar? Despite the accuracy of Cole’s statement-and it arguably being one of the nicer things uttered about the ever-competent FA-it’s not something you can really say about your employer and not have them respond. And their timing could not be better.
