Likewise why doesn't the FA donate Terry's fine to grassroots projects actively involved in building better community relations?
With black youth unemployment approaching 50 percent in some areas of London, why doesn't the FA insist that Terry spends a significant number of hours working within an inner-city community project?
Many will inevitably wonder whether the relatively easy ride to Wembley Wigan enjoyed this season was more of a curse than a blessing, especially if the club is relegated (and assuming it doesn't actually win the FA Cup).
In other words, this hasn't been a particularly taxing FA Cup run.
And the money which hasn't been spent on the FA contract will, we hope, be available to invest in other football and sports contracts as they come up.
The League Cup and FA Cup aren't particularly lucrative in terms of prize money, so some bigger clubs tend to play youngsters and reserves, especially in the earlier rounds.
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He was the safe choice of the FA and results haven't gone their way.
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"We don't have to follow UEFA, " FA chairman David Bernstein was reported to have said by British newspaper The Guardian.
It is possible that Leicester can knock us out of the FA Cup if we don't play well, but we can't risk a stupid rule knocking us out.
Norwich wasn't the only Premier League club dumped out of the FA Cup by lower-level opposition.
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Even if I don't score until the end of the season it won't matter if we win the Champions League and the FA Cup.
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In his previous three seasons at Wigan, Martinez won just two FA Cup games, suggesting he doesn't have some mysterious intangible mojo in the tournament.
This time around, the FA Cup was a chance to show that the season hadn't been a complete loss.
"I can't think of any previous such incident in the professional game off the top of my head, " an FA spokesman told CNN.
"The governing body is a hung parliament and it isn't able to take a view, as the interests of the Premier League, sadly, predominate at the FA, " he added.
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