Tuesday, March 8, 2022

[Liga MX Fatal Fan Incident] I'm surprised you didn't throw them out. You should've.

What is being called the "Darkest Day in Mexican Football" occurred last Saturday 

17 fans died in a soccer riot at the Queretaro-Atlas match.  There was basically zero security of any kind at the stadium, and the entire area fell to riot.

As a result:
  • Atlas is forfeited the match, 3-0.
  • An absolute one-year closed-door ban on fans for Queretaro home matches remains -- INCLUDING the women's and youth teams.
  • And they won't be allowed to play at all in their city unless a full security perimeter is around the stadium. Good fucking luck on that one.  Much of the current state of the situation doesn't even recognize 17 people died in the riot!
  • The current ownership group has been thrown out of Liga MX and banned from any further involvement for five years, with a caretaker situation which must be rectified with the team being sold this calendar year.
  • Anyone found guilty of crimes for this riot will never be allowed at another Liga MX match again.
  • Team fined about $70,000.
  • Facial recognition will be forced into all Liga MX stadiums.
  • The fan group for Queretaro is banned for a year, Atlas', for six months.
  • The ultra group for Queretaro is banned for one year from all matches, three years from home matches.
  • There was some discussion of throwing Queretaro out of the league, part and parcel, right now. And why they didn't do so is anyone's guess!!   
  • The home manager has notified the media his players got death threats during the aftermath of all this.
Yeah, I think one Redditor has it right:  Raze the stadium, disband the team, fuck ALL OF THIS.

Because, I hate to say this:  This is Mexico.  They don't give a fuck down there.

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