What better person to pimp sportsmanship and fair play than Cantona?
To be fair, Cantona went bonkers after the fan, Matthew Simmons, allegedly made some racially-abusive comments. Of course, Cantona had been sent off minutes before for a "vengeful kick on Palace defender Richard Shaw," so I guess he's not completely blameless here.
According to Wikipedia:
"At Simmons' subsequent trial for threatening language and behaviour, he attacked the prosecution counsel after being found guilty, leaping over a bench and executing a flying kick of his own. He was sentenced to seven days in jail, but only served 24 hours."Yeah, he doesn't sound like a guy who throws around racial slurs. Cantona was sentenced to 120 hours of community service which, apparently, includes public service announcements about playing nice.




