Update: FA admits Cavani was not racist - Cavani still banned

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The commision report revealing the basis of the verdict in the Cavani case has been released. The report shows that the FA acknowledged Cavani did not have racist intent. 

"The commission were satisfied that the player wrote his reply in affectionate appreciation of a message from his Uruguayan friend and that it was not designed or intended to be racist or offensive either to his friend or others reading the content of the Instagram post," the FA commission said.

"Such a conclusion was supported by all the available evidence relevant to the circumstances in which the post was made and having regard to the character and response of the player... However, it is not sufficient that the player simply had no such intent."

The FA argued that "a follower of English Premier League football" would have deemed the word "negrito" as racially offensive.

Keep in mind that they also gave Cavani a mandatory face-to-face anti-racism program. 

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Johannes Vederhus