PFA KEEP UP THE PRESSURE

“It was September when this happened. It is now nearly the
end of the year and it is not over. This is a massive
problem. It has been out in the public for people to decide
his punishment. It is not good enough for the FA to say they
didn't know this was happening because it did happen in
February when another player's confidentiality was kept. Rio
has been named and shamed.

“FIFA is being pressured by the World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA). Initially football said it did not have the problems
of athletics and cycling with performance-enhancing drugs
but there is pressure now. Blatter has changed from saying
there is not a problem to saying there is a problem. He's
been in touch with the FA and expressed his opinions in
public. It is like someone from the House of Lords going to
the papers and saying if a certain judgement is not passed
we'll intervene. It's not the sort of justice we want.

“If you look at the law of consistency, there was a previous
case and even WADA says you should not name and shame an
individual until there has been a hearing.”