since when has it been ok, on or off a football field, to kick the **** out of someone because of what they say. If you cant control your emotions such that you go wild when some one refers to your mother, your a moron.
before you even get into the code of conduct of whats right or wrong on a football field their are questions of what is right or wrong morally and humanly (real word?) What was probably said to Zidane goes beyond the simple/small scope of a football game.
Zidanes action was condonable but lets be honest, do you just stand there if someone calls you a n***r just becasue you are on a football pitch? Jesus no! thats idiotic to suggest so. Its beyond even racism its pure hatred, the type of stuff that Hitler used against the Jews in speeches to millions of people.
And yes, we can draw the same comparison here. i mean the guy walked right past the World CUp and didnt even look at it, does that look like somone who gave a shit about football after what had been said to him?