For the columnist of Europe 1 Virginie Phulpin, the decision of the disciplinary committee of the League not to sanction Alvaro Gonzalez and Neymar, accused of having made racist remarks, is a bad signal sent, while the fight against the racism is shown as a priority. 

EDITORIAL

The disciplinary committee has ruled, but its decision is already causing controversy.

PSG star Neymar and Marseillais Alvaro Gonzalez, accused of making discriminatory remarks during the stormy PSG-OM of September 13, were ultimately not sanctioned, the League (LFP) announced on Wednesday.

The authority considers that it does not have "sufficiently convincing elements to allow it to establish the materiality of the facts".

But for our columnist Virginie Phulpin, this decision is the worst possible. 

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"If you want to use racist or homophobic insults on a football field, go ahead, no problem. Just be careful that it is not audible on TV. That way we can say that we do not not know, and it will turn cream. That's the message of the Professional Football League, right? No sanctions against Alvaro Gonzalez and Neymar, no one saw it coming.

It must be said that it's been three weeks since everyone dissects the images of sweet words exchanged by the Marseillais and the Parisian during this calamitous PSG-OM, with a lot of support from specialists in lip reading in France, Spain and Brazil.

So it seemed obvious that the League had no choice but to apply severe penalties.

It was necessary to mark the occasion.

As an example, to clearly show that discriminatory remarks cannot be tolerated on a football field.

I foolishly thought I realized it was a national cause barely a year ago.

Nay!

It is not knowing well the disciplinary committee and its capacity to decide to decide nothing.

We don't know, we don't have tangible proof, come on, let's pass the sponge.

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"Good luck to educators in football clubs" 

I still have the odd impression that the disciplinary committee is the only one not to have found any evidence.

There is room for improvement in lip reading.

The real problem is that we all know more or less the racist and homophobic insults that the two players exchanged.

Everything is in the more or less.

It is true that the judges, if they do not have absolute certainty, are probably legally right not to sanction.

Morally less.

The very unpleasant feeling that this gives, as we know more or less the intolerable content of their remarks, is that there is a form of impunity.

I especially think that in the League, we said to ourselves that it was the best way to calm things down and move on.

But it's failed, judging by the epidermal reactions that have been plaguing since last night.

Anyway, in this story, the League could only come out as the loser and the target of criticism.

She could have done it with her head held high, making the fight against discrimination her sole objective.

It is off the mark.

And good luck to the educators in the football clubs in spreading the good word now. "