Should A Convicted Rapist Be Allowed To Resume A Lucrative Career In Football?

[sandyRoe]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/convicted-rapist-footballer-ched-evans-3604122

[pixie373]

Hmmmm. I certainly don't want to pay for him on benefits. Perhaps he should give most of his wages to rape crisis centres.

[sandyRoe]

Somehow I don't see him doing that.

[jeffa]

Why not? Is there an upper limit on salaries that ex-cons are allowed to earn?

[pixie373]

Maybe he shouldn't have the choice.

[sandyRoe]

jeffa, would you have a cannibal on your team if he could score goals?

[sandyRoe]

Aren't footballers supposed to be role models? What sort of a message will be sent out if he is allowed to resume playing?

[jeffa]

What profession would you consider that he should now follow?

[sandyRoe]

street sweeper

[jeffa]

There it is!

[sandyRoe]

All right, that was probably a slur on decent working people. I don't know what he should do when he's released.

[royfromaus]

He should be allowed but no club should entertain the idea.

[kvalidir]

Of course, it is for courts to sentence offenders and for them to serve their sentences. After that they are free to resume their life as they see fit. You cannot drag around people's crimes after they have served their sentence like a perpetual mills tone around their neck.
I don't like the culture of misogyny amongst a lot of footballers but you can hardly stop the man returning to his career- there would be no objection if he was a plumber, it's only fair he should be treated the same.

[ummmm]

If someone is willing to employ him.

[Mamyalynne]

I think this is the blurring of lines again, between what is a job and what is a 'role model'.

He's done (doing) his time ( and appealing still) and the job is on offer.

[pixie373]

I'm not sure anyone's job is to be a role model? It's a position other people put them in. Perhaps teachers....but DBS checks will prevent him working anywhere he shouldn't.

[hc4361]

The club management seem keen to keep him on so I don't have a problem with it.

[jeffa]

It's easy to claim the moral high ground in cases like this. Another way of looking at it is that, if he is indeed guilty of such an awful crime as this, its minimum sentence ought to mean that he is far too old to resume his career by the time he is released.

[ChillDoubt]

It's the way of the world sandy.
After all, there have been plenty of convicted murderers and terrorists who have subsequently become politicians and councillors, have there not?

[sandyRoe]

ChillDoubt, the terrorists who went on to have political careers had the support of their communities or they wouldn't have been elected. I can't see convicted rapists having, or deserving, much support.

[anneasquith]

i do wonder what sort of reception he will get from the opposition teams. but I suspect his very large salary will compensate for any negativity.