Suarez made an example of FA's tough stance against racism

The buck-toothed bandit did not get off scott free after all, neither did his team appeal his lengthy ban. Luis Suarez will be missing in action for eight English Premier League matches for Liverpool, which started with Tuesday's 3-0 loss to Manchester City.

The message sent was resoundingly clear from the FA, racism will not be tolerated in English professional football -- a much more powerful statement than the laughably stupid comments of the now seemingly going senile FIFA president Sepp Blatter who around the time of the initial controversy earlier in the 2011-12 campaign claimed on-field racism could be resolved with a simple handshake, something he was deservingly heavily criticized for.

Initially denying he had used any racially insensitive language directly aimed at Manchester United's Patrice Evra, Suarez later said he did use the word negro. However, after everyone was done giving testimony, Suarez's comments really spoke for themselves (pun very much intended).

Here is some of what was said, according to an ESPN article.

One of the key passages of the report centres on what was said between the two players during the flashpoint.

It reads: "Our findings of fact which are directly relevant to the Charge are as follows: (1) In response to Mr Evra's question 'F*****g hell, why did you kick me,' Mr Suarez said 'Because you are black'.

"(2) In response to Mr Evra's comment 'Say it to me again, I'm going to punch you,' Mr Suarez said 'I don't speak to blacks'.

"(3) In response to Mr Evra's comment: 'Okay, now I think I'm going to punch you,' Mr Suarez said 'Okay, blackie, blackie, blackie'."

Suarez's defense that his comments were common-place in Uruguay his home country were refuted by language-specialists from Uruguay. The rest of his defense was deemed inconsistent and unreliable.

Liverpool slammed the ban and defended their player after the ruling, and said they would appeal initially before backtracking.

Not really surprising since A. Evra is not one of the most well-like people in football today, just ask the French Football Federation (Evra as the captain for France was suspended five game by the FFF after his huge controversial stance against coach Raymond Domenech at the World Cup last summer) and B. more importantly Suarez has been the Reds' best player since he joined the club from Ajax last January.

However, both the club and the player himself decided to accept the ban after the FA threatened that an appeal might lead to an even lengthier suspension.

The suspension means he will miss crucial league fixtures against both Manchester United and Tottenham, which could really hamstring his club's efforts to try to regain their place in the top four for a Champions League place.

Suarez finally came out with one of those Larry David-like apologies where he's really not sorry and certainly didn't sound all that convincing that he felt any kind of sorrow over the ordeal except for the fact he won't be able to play for his team.

Regardless, this week's events finally draw a conclusion to what has been a black eye to the sport.