Rubiales should have been fired not for kissing Hermoso, but for his claim that he asked her if he could!

Yes, this could be seen as old news but it’s still rumbling on in the Spanish courts. So, here’s my two cents…

Football is of course full of emotion and all that, BUT it is still a place of work. The players are at work. They are hired and get wages etc. And while representing their country at tournaments, it is still in a work capacity.

So, when Spain won the women’s World Cup and the now infamous kiss took over the headlines. The very simple question is: would any office worker expect the Chairman of the company to come and give them a congratulatory kiss on the lips for doing a good job?
He says he asked her if he can give her a little peck? Well, even if she said yes, as he claims, he should then have been fired, for putting that question to her!
One can understand if the coach did what he did, at the emotional height of winning the World Cup, but Rubiales was the head of the Spanish Football Association, so, a senior official who should be there as a stiff and formal presence, congratulating the players, not asking if he can give them a peck, which indeed turned out to be a full lip smacker!
What a joke the fellow is!
Yes, he eventually bowed to immense pressure and resigned, but goodness! Should have been sacked the very next day he claimed he asked her if he could give her that peck!
Women shouldn’t have to endure such nonsense at work, be it football or whatever.