4/1 pre-match handshakes to be scrapped
William Hill are offering 4/1 that pre-match handshakes will be scrapped officially in Premier League matches before the start of next season.
'Following the latest pre-match handshake debacle there will be pressure to scrap them completely' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Hills are 1/7 that they remain an official part of pre-match proceedings next season.
Hills had offered 1/5 that Evra and Suarez WOULD shake hands, and 10/3 that they would not.
'Punters called the pre-match handshake wrong on this occasion' said Sharpe.
After Rio Ferdinand refused to shake hands with Suarez, Hills are offering 11/4 that he and John Terry will NOT start in the same Euro 12 side for England.
No - they are supposed to represent the game being played in a sporting manner, and to get rid of them in light of the current situation represents a lack of moral backbone by brushing everything under the carpet.
Whether or not in reality they are disingenuous because of what happens on the pitch is not the reason they are being called into question now - people are suggesting get rid of them because it's an easy way out.
They've not been a problem for the last 20 odd years have they?
What happened yesterday brought Liverpool FC and the game into disrepute.
No of course they shouldn't. Suarez should be banned again for a further shitload of matches for bringing the game into disrepute.
are you sure pre-match handshakes go that far back ?
edit - just checked and the ritual was only introduced start of 2004-2005 season, so obviously it isn't working
and Rio also then ?
The thing is though, it's like you're treating the 'handshake' as the cause of all these problems, when frankly it could and should've been use to actually draw a line for the recent problems that were caused on the pitch during a game.
We're only having this discussion because somebody didn't have the common sense to grasp a situation that was presented to them to move on from what he himself suggests was a misunderstanding.
And for that reason it's being suggested to change a whole system to accommodate the unfortunate actions of one person, which I don't agree with.
If the pre-match hand shake is to be abandoned, it should not be as a consequence of this.
no not at all am I saying they are the cause of all these problems ( Suarez - Bridge - A Ferdinand ) but the media make such an issue of it now that it heightens the tension and that is not needed
as for drawing a line yesterday Yes it could have - but it didn't, quite the opposite, why take the chance ?