Ranting Toulon boss gets hefty fine
DISCIPLINARY NEWS: Toulon’s controversial president Mourad Boudjellal has been fined for his public outburst related to Toulon skipper Mathieu Bastareaud’s ban for a homophobic slur.
The outspoken president has been Boudjellal has been fined €75,000 following comments in the wake of Basteraud’s three-week suspension for his homophobic verbal attack on Benetton Treviso forward Sebastian Negri.
The President blasted the EPCR for puritan hypocrisy, stating to the rugbyrama.fr. in February: “What I’m worried about is the Mormon side of the EPCR with its Welsh and Irish (administrators).”
“They’re people who sell morality even though they don’t possess any.
“The same who have ministers who get whipped in private but portray themselves as ‘clean’ in public,”
The EPCR found “Boudjellal made comments that (among other things) allegedly condoned homophobic conduct, discriminated against and insulted various groups, and brought the game of rugby into disrepute by attacking, disparaging and criticising EPCR,” the statement revealed.
“The independent Disciplinary Committee considered the misconduct to have been very serious and determined that both Boudjellal and RC Toulon should receive a significant sanction.
“The Committee also concluded that there were several aggravating factors, including poor disciplinary records and poor conduct during the disciplinary process, and that these increased the severity of the sanctions imposed.
“That poor conduct included ignoring directions made by the independent Disciplinary Committee and responding derisively to requests from the Committee for information,”
Not only have Boudjellal been fined €75,000 (payable immediately), the president is also charged with a further €25,000 fine suspended for three years for any similar offending or misconduct by Boudjellal in any rugby jurisdiction,”
While Toulon will be subject to a deduction of five match points when competing in EPCR tournaments and suspended for three seasons for any similar offending or misconduct by the club or any of its representatives in any rugby jurisdiction.
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