Should he be re-hired

Should he be re-hired

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    Votes: 26 70.3%
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More than 60,000 people have signed a petition calling on Sheffield United not to re-employ disgraced footballer Ched Evans.

Evans, 25, was convicted of rape in April 2012 and jailed for five years. He is due to be released in October.

The Blades have refused to comment on a possible return for the striker they signed for £3m in 2009.

However, Alan Smith from the official Sheffield United supporters' club said: "I've been told he will be back."

'Really appalling'
He added: "I think that for most supporters it's good he's coming back because of what he did for us before. I think that he's served his time."

"Ched would love to play for Sheffield again. He loved his time there”

Natasha MasseyGirlfriend of Ched Evans
However, Nicky, who is among the signatories to the petition, told BBC Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire: "I appreciate he's done his time in prison but there's an argument about rehabilitation and many of us who have signed the petition do not feel Ched has been rehabilitated."

She added: "He continues to protest his innocence and for him to walk back into a high-profile job where he's seen as a role model as if nothing has happened is just really appalling."

Evans, a Welsh international, denied raping the 19-year-old woman in a hotel room in Rhyl, in north Wales, but was found guilty by a jury at Caernarfon Crown Court.

He has tried to have his conviction overturned and, in July, applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission to review the case in the hope it will lead to a new appeal.

The footballer's girlfriend, Natasha Massey, told BBC Radio 5 live: "Ched will forever maintain his innocence and we will continue to appeal.

"Anyone who is released from prison, part of their rehabilitation is to return to work.

Ched Evans continues to deny he raped his victim
"Ched's work so happens to be a professional footballer so I think he should be allowed to return to his job.

"Ched would love to play for Sheffield again. He loved his time there."

Evans scored 42 goals in his 103 appearances for Sheffield United, who are among the favourites to gain promotion to the Championship this season.
 
ST4 said:
Evans scored 42 goals in his 103 appearances for Sheffield United
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That'll be all that matters to most who have an interest in the club :rolleyes:
 
For as long as the women he raped is suffering then he should be suffering.. not living a life people dream of...
 
gramps said:
That'll be all that matters to most who have an interest in the club :rolleyes:
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True. Part of me thinks the sentence is short for crime, and he served precious little of that sentence and as such doesn't deserve to be free.

However, he is, and he might as well play - make loads of money, be taxed heavily and not end up in drugs/crimes. He has paid the price society expected him to pay and as such shouldn't be discriminated against because of his criminal back ground, his work doesn't put him in close contact with women.
 
KIPAX said:
Its the same job he had when he raped the women...
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He did that in his spare time, the work place given its a football team is a male environment, not like an office where there's lots of women around and a risk to collegues safety.

I personally feel he should still be behind bars, but alas he isn't and as such needs a job, and he's got a talent that so happens to be well paid, he should get to play if he's still good enough to play.
 
so he has not been "struck off" then by his "professional body"
 
I predict this thread has got legs….
 
I think that the club should do the decent thing and tell him to b****r off after what he did but it won't as football is just about money
I remember a few years ago two Leeds players seriously assaulted an asian lad to the extent that he was afraid to go out again
I can't remember the details but the club didn't sack them
 
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Is it the clubs job to punish the conduct of its players outwith its games?

Normally though, a custodial sentence is summary dismissal for normal folk as they cannot attend work. Getting rehired I imagine is tricky.
 
LCPete said:
I remember a few years ago two Leeds players seriously assaulted an asian lad to the extent that he was afraid to go out again
I can't remember the details but the club didn't sack them
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That might be because neither of them was convicted of assault, one was convicted of affray.
 
neil_g said:
no. i dont think he should be in a position where people/children can look up to him as a role model.
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He was employed as a footballer, not a role model. So if he was taken back on by the team he would still be a footballer. The role model part is surely just based on his football anyway, not anything else he does, has done or may have done.
 
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nilagin said:
The role model part is surely just based on his football anyway, not anything else he does, has done or may have done.
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"based on" it maybe but it goes far beyond that and no rapist just out of jail should be put in a position where he can be 'looked up to' by others.
 
nilagin said:
He was employed as a footballer, not a role model. So if he was taken back on by the team he would still be a footballer. The role model part is surely just based on his football anyway, not anything else he does, has done or may have done.
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its not leading a very good example though is it. and children especially may not be able to distinguish what is acceptable conduct of their "heros".
 
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If I raped somebody and went to jail I'm bloody sure my employer wouldn't have me back.
 
andy700 said:
It would seem that the courts adopt a different policy regarding "justice" when it comes to court appearances by well known footballers.
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Not just the courts ... violence on the pitch is largely ignored.
 
andy700 said:
It was Woodgate and Bowyer, and it was a disgraceful verdict IMO

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/dec/16/football.race

There was also the Steve Gerrard incident

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jul/24/steven-gerrard-verdict-affray

It would seem that the courts adopt a different policy regarding "justice" when it comes to court appearances by well known footballers.
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That's it thanks
yes I remember now it was appalling they got away with it and the victim was traumatised
 
neil_g said:
of course it is. how many children look up to footballers..
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How many children emulate footballers for being footballers? How many emulate the footballers for anything else?
 
nilagin said:
How many emulate the footballers for anything else?
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Most will emulate their attitudes and the things they do ... and aspire to be like them.
 
ST4 said:
He has paid the price society expected him to pay and as such shouldn't be discriminated against because of his criminal back ground,
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Err no. He's paid the very least price the courts could get away.
I suspect the majority of "society" would like to see him still locked up with his nuts in a sling.
 
gramps said:
Most will emulate their attitudes and the things they do ... and aspire to be like them.
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The UK is full of "tossers"

which just about sums up "the beautiful game"
 
neil_g said:
children dont know any better..

take the Suarez incidents, one of the fathers at work said he had a nightmare explaining to his kids that biting is wrong.
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My kids knew biting was wrong, they didn't need it explaining it to them.
 
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nilagin said:
And?
I was a kid once and never thought like that and neither of my sons did either.
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Yes but you and your kids are obviously special ... go watch how the majority of kids today act.
 
neil_g said:
lucky you.

however kids generally are very impressionable.
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Yup and rather than be influenced by talk of what a footballer did and served time for (that in itself an influence?) for sexual matters they are more than likely influenced by the porn thats easily accessible on the internet.
 
neil_g said:
lucky you.

however kids generally are very impressionable.

anyway, ive got a brick wall that needs talking to. laters.
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Make sure you explain to the wall it's wrong to bite. ;)
 
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