The FA have charged Rio Ferdinand over a Tweet in which he described Ashley Cole as a choc ice.
Ferdinand's Tweet came on the day that Cole's team mate John Terry was cleared of a race-related offence by a magistrate relating to comments made towards Ferdinand's brother, Anton.
Ferdinand quickly deleted the Tweet and claimed the choc ice comment had nothing to do with race but was in fact about Cole being superficial.
Cole immediately declared he would not be complaining about the Tweet.
In my view, describing a fellow black man as a choc ice is as bad as describing them as an Uncle Tom.
That said, the whole situation is laughable in the extreme.
Please feel free to liken me to the item of confectionery of your choice in this thread. I promise you won't be charged by the FA.
ASHLEY COLE WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT
Ferdinand's Tweet came on the day that Cole's team mate John Terry was cleared of a race-related offence by a magistrate relating to comments made towards Ferdinand's brother, Anton.
Ferdinand quickly deleted the Tweet and claimed the choc ice comment had nothing to do with race but was in fact about Cole being superficial.
Cole immediately declared he would not be complaining about the Tweet.
In my view, describing a fellow black man as a choc ice is as bad as describing them as an Uncle Tom.
That said, the whole situation is laughable in the extreme.
Please feel free to liken me to the item of confectionery of your choice in this thread. I promise you won't be charged by the FA.
ASHLEY COLE WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT
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