Nuance lost in the noise and what FIFA needs to do next

But if NSW’s law enforcement officers are as manifestly concerned about this incident as at least half the world’s social media vigilantes, one expects that a criminal investigation would ensue. Perhaps we’re already at that juncture and we just don’t know it. But I suspect not.

The maximum sentence for sexual touching, under NSW’s Crimes Act, is five years jail. Australia’s firmly in-force extradition treaty with Spain permits extradition for offences punishable by significantly…