Talk about kicking a guy when he's down

[Hawkmoon]

The Superior Court of Justice in Brazil has decided to fine the surviving players from the team whose plane crashed en route to their championship match.

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/chapecoense-plane-crash-survivors-fined-for-not-playing-final-match-160655232.html

The court is also fining the opposing team ... because the two teams didn't play the match. This is what it's like to live in a banana republic.

[roo_ster]

I have read where south american soccer fans have stormed the field and torn the referee apart.  I wonder if they could be bothered to visit a certain judge I read about....

[Firethorn]

Weren't all soccer games in the area officially cancelled that day?

Also, there weren't enough players left to hold a game, much less uninjured.  One is so hurt that they haven't even told him that most of his coworkers are dead yet.

I'm guessing the supreme court will weigh in, they'll find some 'ultimate pre-emption' clause or that some rule in the contract wasn't followed correctly by the superior court judge in determining that a fine was due.

[Hawkmoon]

I thought I originally read that the other team (the one not involved in the crash) had conceded the game to the team that crashed. Then I read something I didn't fully understand, but it seemed to imply that the league awarded the win (for the game that wasn't played) to BOTH teams. Not a tie -- they were each credited with a win.

Not sure how that works. But then the court got involved. I don't even know how that happened, because I'm pretty sure neither team sued the other.

[RoadKingLarry]

I thought I originally read that the other team (the one not involved in the crash) had conceded the game to the team that crashed. Then I read something I didn't fully understand, but it seemed to imply that the league awarded the win (for the game that wasn't played) to BOTH teams. Not a tie -- they were each credited with a win.

Not sure how that works. But then the court got involved. I don't even know how that happened, because I'm pretty sure neither team sued the other.

Someone with political connections lost a bet and got all butthurt about it.