gloswhite wrote:Sluffy, I can't help but wonder if you extended your thinking slightly, and ban everyone who has punched somebody, or suchlike, to the posters on here, how many would there be left ?
Although you have your views, and most I usually agree with, I think pre-judging this player won't help. If he's bad, he'll get hounded out, and his record used as the stick. If he's good, and behaves himself, then the right decision has been made, in my opinion. As with all these things, only time will tell. I have to admit to be rather wary myself.
I'm not pre-judging anything.
In many fields of employment - particularly in the public entertainment industry, anyone convicted of assault (both actual and grievous he was charged with) forfeits their rights to continue working in the public spotlight.
As I've said above in the profession I worked in, it is actually a contractual obligation not to comit any offence such as this - and as such would have been tantamount to career suiside if I had.
Even at our level of football these days, players are paid an eye watering amounts of money weekly (Madine was on £5,000 a WEEK at Wednesday) and as such you would think they would have enough self control not to jeopardise such an extraordinary earnings capacity - by not hitting people.
In Madine's case not only as he hit people, he's been arrested, taken to court, and found guilty.
Not once but for THREE seperate occassions!!!
On the last occassion the beatings he gave being so bad he was sent to prison for 18 months!
Yes, he may never do it again.
But how would you feel if you were the father or brother say of those three people he beat up and put in hospital in those unprovoked attacks?
Even his own barrister said that he had thrown away his talent due to childish behaviour and a temper problem!
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Where do you draw the line?
I don't think it at all unreasonable that a highly paid professional who had disgraced himself publically - not once but three times (at least - these are only the times when his behaviour as gor taken to court - how many other times as it been hushed up?), should no longer be tolerated within his own profession.
Only in football does this sort of 'turn a blind eye' attitude seem to be acceptable.
And I don't believe personally that it should.
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