What has happened to football in this country? I was disgusted that Adrian Mutu of Chelsea only received a seven-month ban for admitting taking drugs.
Where does that leave Rio Ferdinand, who served an eight-month ban for just missing a test?
If a footballer is guilty of taking drugs - recreational or performance-enhancing - it should mean an automatic two-year ban as in athletics.
This weak sentence by the Football Association gives out all the wrong messages to young players.
Drugs in sport need to be stamped out and examples made of those who have been caught taking them.
The FA has failed again.
Richard Goodliff,
-Patcham
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