Fifa suspends Luis Rubiales from all football-related activity over Hermoso kiss

…79 women’s football players who signed a letter in which they stated they would refuse to play for their country as long as Rubiales remained in his post.

How am I only learning about this now? It’s fucking awesome.

Anyway, the next step is to fire Rubiales. Will that happen?

Then you'll love to know that the Spanish football federation threatened to sue them, because FIFA rules say players can't refuse calls to the national team. Rubiales is only the tip of the iceberg, the entire federation is a glorified pigsty.
- That’s an asinine, empty threat. The players clearly have public opinion on their side. All FIFA is doing is advertising how out of touch they are. FIFA is begging to be put in their place.
- Hey, pigs are very nice creatures. Don't be mean to pigs by comparing them to these asses.
They'll wait and see what the public reaction is and what other dirt will come out about him before making a decision.
Then, when there's no possible way that they can justify keeping him, they'll fire him and make out like they did it because they care about women's voices.
Look at how Man U handled the Greenwood ordeal. If they could've gotten away with it, I guarantee he would still be on the squad.
Look at Deshaun Watson.
- Nope. Apparently what they'll do is take legal action against the victim for not providing consent after the fact.
  https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66626410
  Bold decision, Cotton. Let's see how it plays out.
Pretty sure some of the national men's team have joined them as well.

I'm surprised by this. Pleasantly surprised. This is a slap on the wrist for show, but it's more than the nothing I was expecting.

I'd be pretty pissed if somebody like my regional manager grabbed my head and kissed my lips because I did well at my job. Even moreso if it were extremely public and there were no repercussions for him. Extremely pissed off if it happened to be in a monopolized industry where my company stands alone and I could be blacklisted for not being okay with the kiss. This wasn't just shitty for women's soccer, and it wasn't even just shitty for women; this was shitty for every person who has felt pressured to choose between themselves and pleasing somebody who holds power in some regard. Whether it's parents, partners, coaches, teachers, bosses, etc, that power is used to exploit the comfort and safety of millions every day, so it's really important that such a public instance of it be taken seriously.

I can't believe you're blaming the victim here! Didn't you know that anyone who points out sexual assault in the workplace is just doing a false feminism?! Next time, you should educate yourself on how difficult it is to force your subordinates to kiss you.
Also, /s
Also also, fuck Rubiales. I hope he falls into an inconveniently deep hole without getting injured. Something just slightly too deep for him to get out by himself, but everyone who sees him just laughs at him and walks by.
How do you see this as a slap on the wrist? He's facing disciplinary proceedings after the initial 90 day suspension.
79 coaches have resigned.
This feels like serious repercussions territory.
- The Spanish FA not only have not forced him to resign, they have threatened to sue Hermoso on his behalf. The FIFA suspension is necessary because they will not act. The (now) 81 players resigning is necessary because they will not act. The entire coaching team resigning is necessary because they will not act.
  There will be serious repercussions and the deeper they dig this hole, the worse they will be. But the things you cite are a response to the refusal of his employer to do anything at all.

Let's not sugar coat this. It wasn't a kiss, it was sexual assault. Don't let these twats get away with this bullshit.

- Nope. It's not going too far. You go ahead and randomly kiss a coworker or subordinate at your place of work in front of everybody to include customers. Let me know how quickly HR wants you in their office.
- Well, let's see how exactly it is that you feel when a man in a position of authority over you grabs you by the head and kisses you against your will. And I will have you know that neither of my children have ever been made to accept affection that they did not want because I learned from my upbringing, I didn't just parrot it.
- Fire the guy, ban him from football for life, but does he need to be arrested?
  It is not up to you to decide. The Spanish law is pretty clear in this respect, and a non-consensual kiss is explicitly defined as sexual assault, period. And this is a very recent law that has been widely discussed and reported in media, so there is no chance that he didn't know the legal consequences of his acts. He simply believed that his position of power would be enough to evade the legal consequences.
- I actually don't let anybody kiss my kids without permission, even relatives. Your body belongs to you alone and you don't owe anyone a kiss. It shouldn't be normal IMO.
- Basically every child ever is kissed against their will by older relatives and nobody bats an eye.
  That is also assault, and the attitude that it's ok because the victims are too young to understand bodily autonomy is disgusting.
- He did not only kiss her - he also made remarks that he was gonna marry her next year in Ibiza and if I remember right something about a wedding night....
  It was a sexual assault.
  And btw: Kids should never be kissed against their will and it is not okay when older relatives do that. AT ALL
- This happened in my country and would be absolutely considered sexual assault by state laws. So whatever your feelings are on the matter, the fact of reality is that it's sexual assault.
- I bat an eye. I think it's creepy as fuck when adults don't respect children's personal space
- As you might reasonably have guessed, there is a long and sleazy history with Rubiales and Vilda. This is not blowing up out of nowhere.
- What the actual fuck is your damage?

This guy being a selfproclaimed 'victim of feminism', gtfo.

selfproclaimed 'victim of feminism'
the only kind there is..
If you are a victim of a progressive movement to get people more rights and respect then you are admitting you are an oppressor that's been overthrown.
At the same time, he's also calling it "fake feminism"... I don't think he actually know what those words means, including "fake"

I've been elated a few times in life but never felt the need to grab a man or woman and kiss on the lips.

Such a weak excuse.

Would the Australian (NSW) laws apply here because that’s where it happened? They updated their sexual consent laws not long ago and their easy reader is pretty clear that a kiss is considered part of that. Not sure how it would be charged under the criminal code: https://dcj.nsw.gov.au/documents/children-and-families/family-domestic-and-sexual-violence/domestic-and-sexual-violence-hotlines/dcj_easy_read_sexual_consent_digital_accessible.pdf

I was thinking about this as well. It technically happened in a workplace so I'm also wondering if Australian workplace laws apply here.
I thought that as well. She should have been encouraged to report him to the coppers -would have been funny if they did prevent him from leaving as they do for much smaller infractions sometimes.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The president of the Spanish FA, Luis Rubiales, has been provisionally suspended by Fifa following his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney last weekend.

Rubiales has refused to resign from his post after kissing Jenni Hermoso – who has stressed she did not consent – on the lips, prompting Fifa to step in.

“This suspension, which will be effective as of today, is for an initial period of 90 days, pending the disciplinary proceedings opened against Mr. Luis Rubiales on Thursday, August 24.

“Likewise, the chairman of the Fifa Disciplinary Committee and in order to preserve, among other factors, the fundamental rights of the national soccer team player Ms. Jennifer Hermoso and the good order of the disciplinary proceedings before this disciplinary body, has issued two additional directives (article 7 FDC) by which he orders Mr. Luis Rubiales to refrain, through himself or third parties, from contacting or attempting to contact the professional player of the Spanish national football team Ms. Jennifer Hermoso or her close environment.

Likewise, the RFEF and its officials or employees, directly or through third parties, are ordered to refrain from contacting the professional player of the Spanish national team Ms. Jennifer Hermoso and her close environment.

“The decision adopted by the chairman of the Fifa Disciplinary Committee has been communicated today to Mr Luis Rubiales, the RFEF and Uefa for due compliance.”

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This is a good start, but this isn't good enough. There should have been criminal charges filed when the piece of shit was still in Australia. Disgusting.

Well that required the football player to file a complaint, did it not? Or are you suggesting the police investigate all kisses going on everywhere?

El Fifa menos acosador. Lol

Sure because I changed my baby sister's diaper this one time when she was 3 months old so it's totally okay to pull down my coworkers pants and run a wet wipe down their asscrack in front of everybody. I normally don't like butts, let alone wiping them down but you see she just landed a major contract for our company and I was overcome with joy.
This fuckhead rapist-wannabe is all throughout here with his shit takes. Downvote, block, and pity anyone he ever has contact with in real life. Eventually he'll be removed by admins.
What’s the big deal?
Oh, I don't know. Maybe the sexual assault? Come on.
This is a self-evidently dumb take, but also
I thought Europeans all kiss each other constantly.
Hermoso was the only one he kissed on the lips

You’re all insane.

Alright fine. I’m in. Shall we just kill him?