If JRod is proven to say something racist then the club have to sack him and set the standard.
However based on how he reacted at the time and what was allegedly said my instinct is he is innocent.
If its proven he is guilty then i will gladly apologise but does anybody in real life, in a heated moment say 'your black and you stink'?! I cant believe in modern day life anybody would actually adopt that tone, you would hope it would never happen at all but surely a heat of the moment it would be more aggressive, probably swearing, etc, not saying its right but just think how people speak around us everyday, the alleged comment just doesnt sound right.
Sadly like somebody said above, i think the FA will punish him, they want to be seen to do the right thing when it comes to racism and if they do nothing then the campaign groups will be out accusing them, which undermines the good work done by genuine racial awareness campaigners. Probably be a suspended ban which shows they are taking action without actually punishing him by making him miss games, a cop out really.
For him to be found guilty you would think there has to be clear evidence, if thats the case i hope the FA publish the evidence - audio, video, etc whatever they have, if i was Rodriguez i would insist on all these being made public and fight legally to ensure thats the case, whatever the outcome, i would want no grey area, nothing unresolved, you want your name officially cleared if innocent.
As his agent said, even if he is cleared, mud sticks, this has been played out in public, if he is found guilty then he deserves every punishment coming his way, if he is found innocent then he will sadly still have the racist slur attached to his name.
Also if JRod is cleared then i hope Bong receives punishment (think the FA will bottle that because they will be accused of racism then) it would be an insult to people who have genuinely been racially abused who fight hard for justice, awareness, etc that a high profile figure could then just play the race card to suit whatever his agenda is.