European football's governing body has finally lost the plot.
Today Brazilian/Croatian striker Eduardo has been banned for two games for 'simulation' during Arsenal's return leg against Celtic last week.
A can of worms has now well and truely been opened.
I think any true fan would agree that something needs to be done about diving, but this ban has come completely out of the blue.
UEFA have deemed it worthy to judge the player well after the event, and yet we're unwilling to take a second look at the sending off Manchester United's Darren Fletcher in last year's semi-final - a decision that cost the Scot a place in the final against Barcelona.
Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger says he will now contest every dubious decision from here on in. And who can blame him?
UEFA should have used the Eduardo dive as an opportunity to reconsider the introduction of video technology. There isn't a single sport that I think of that has introduced video replays that has been the worse off for it
Should football prove any different they could always get rid of it. But they simply won't know until they've tried it.
