Copy & Paste response from the FA, RE: Balo/Crouch

[quiet_riot]

Dear Peter



Thank you for contacting The Football Association.



Supporters often compare incidents with others and ask why the same actions are not taken? The Football Association takes its disciplinary procedures very seriously and judges each investigation on its merits.



There will always be an element of difficulty in attempting to apply any set of rules consistently.



The Football Association receives many e-mails and letters from supporters of clubs complaining about what they see as favourable or unfavourable treatment. Football is a game of opinions, but our concern is to be even handed across the board.



The FA is responsible for overseeing the domestic game’s regulatory function and ensuring it is fair for all participants. The FA does this without any bias to player, manager or club.



UEFA operates a different process to The FA in relation to red card offences.

To promote speed and consistency stakeholders in England agreed that a standard formula encompassing a fixed penalty sanction should be applied across the game by The FA. The system has been in operation for many years and meets the demands of the domestic game.

The FA’s system allows clubs to make a claim of wrongful dismissal – to reduce a sanction to zero – or appeal the severity of a sanction, both of these processes are dealt with prior to the player's next fixture.

UEFA chooses to operate a different process for European matches, based on a sliding scale, under which each sanction is determined individually by a disciplinary panel.

In any event a minimum one game ban will always be applied by UEFA.

This process meets the demands of UEFA football where the period between fixtures is greater than that in the domestic game.



Kind regards



Alex Burkwood | Customer Relations Officer

Customer Relations

The FA Group
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I questioned whether the FA was a racist organisation, after providing numerous examples of English players getting away with far worse crimes than Balo, eg. Crouch, Rooney, Rooney, Rooney and Rooney.

 

[Blue Mist]

I think his reply can be translated as

"Look we don't give a f8ck what you say. shut up"

 

[xenon_]

Secretary at FA:

"Hm, hm-hm, hmmm..."

<Computer beeps. Shows angry email.>

"Hm, hm-hm, hmmmm..."

<Secretary reads a couple of lines and marks email for a 'Comparing incidents complaint response auto-email.' Puts name of fan on the instruction.>

"Hm, hm-hm, hmmm..."

 

[BlueSniffer]

They may as well have just responded..

Dear Sir

Fook Off

Yours faithfully

 

[mancitytmdanttom]

There will always be an element of difficulty in attempting to apply any set of rules consistently.

The Football Association receives many e-mails and letters from supporters of clubs complaining about what they see as favourable or unfavourable treatment. Football is a game of opinions, but our concern is to be even handed across the board.

The FA is responsible for overseeing the domestic game’s regulatory function and ensuring it is fair for all participants. The FA does this without any bias to player, manager or club.

The FA’s system allows clubs to make a claim of wrongful dismissal – to reduce a sanction to zero – or appeal the severity of a sanction, both of these processes are dealt with prior to the player's next fixture.

Thought this part was bullshit - Everyone knows if you're appeal is unsuccessful they'll add additional matches onto the ban

 

[SebastianBlue]

Secretary at FA:

"Hm, hm-hm, hmmm..."

<Computer beeps. Shows angry email.>

"Hm, hm-hm, hmmmm..."

<Secretary reads a couple of lines and marks email for a 'Comparing incidents complaint response auto-email.' Puts name of fan on the instruction.>

"Hm, hm-hm, hmmm..."

The secretary has actually been replaced but a computer program that judges the meaning by reading key phrasing and, once the general premise of the correspondence is determined within a certain threshold of accuracy, the program auto-assigns subject matter before populating relevant contact information into a form letter to be printed.

Don't ever let it be said the FA refuses to use technology.

 

[xenon_]

Secretary at FA:

"Hm, hm-hm, hmmm..."

<Computer beeps. Shows angry email.>

"Hm, hm-hm, hmmmm..."

<Secretary reads a couple of lines and marks email for a 'Comparing incidents complaint response auto-email.' Puts name of fan on the instruction.>

"Hm, hm-hm, hmmm..."

The secretary has actually been replaced but a computer program that judges the meaning by reading key phrasing and, once the general premise of the correspondence is determined within a certain threshold of accuracy, the program auto-assigns subject matter before populating relevant contact information into a form letter to be printed.

Don't ever let it be said the FA refuses to use technology.

Ha! Nice.

 

[Mugatu]

These FA cut and paste reply threads are as boring as the conspiracy / agenda threads.
Does anyone seriously think the FA employ people especially to write individually crafted responses to every fan that writes in with a whinge about how their team have fared at the hands of referees that week? They'd need 120 extra staff just for all the emails from "Disgusted of Birkenhead" every week, let alone all the navel gazers and over-analysers from every other club.

 

[Carver]

Secretary at FA:

"Hm, hm-hm, hmmm..."

<Computer beeps. Shows angry email.>

"Hm, hm-hm, hmmmm..."

<Secretary reads a couple of lines and marks email for a 'Comparing incidents complaint response auto-email.' Puts name of fan on the instruction.>

"Hm, hm-hm, hmmm..."

The secretary has actually been replaced but a computer program that judges the meaning by reading key phrasing and, once the general premise of the correspondence is determined within a certain threshold of accuracy, the program auto-assigns subject matter before populating relevant contact information into a form letter to be printed.

Don't ever let it be said the FA refuses to use technology.

That's not beyond the realms of feasibility as there is a program for recruitment personnel that sifts through incoming CVs and looks for keywords and phrases.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Dear Peter

Shove it up your arse.

We do what we want.

Kind regards

Alex Burkwood | Customer Relations Officer

Customer Relations

The FA Group
Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, HA9 0WS

Postal address: Wembley Stadium, PO Box 1966, London, SW1P 9EQ

T +44 (0) 844 980 8200 | F+44 (0) 844 980 8201