Alleged victims tell the BBC top clubs prioritise commercial interests over the safety of women.
  • Wrathuk@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    it’s good the BBC are highlighting this issue im sure they’ve never employed or enabled sex offenders to operate under their watch…

  • The_Mercian@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Disgusting article by the bbc. Innocent until proven guilty. What they are suggesting should happen in these situations is incredibly dangerous.

    • BirdComposer@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Small depressing problem: assuming all the men are innocent means that you’re assuming all the women are guilty

    • Caesarthebard@alien.top
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      11 months ago

      Innocent until proven guilty only means you cannot yet have your freedom taken away.

      It doesn’t mean that you can tie the system in knots in an attempt to intimidate or pressurize women out of coming forward.

  • LorenzoMartini@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Naturally some MP dives in with the arbitrary ‘role models’ tag, so as to conjur a stick to batter footballers with, just like during covid. I don’t doubt that some footballers are shits, but unless they are convicted I don’t see a story here.

  • Jee-NX@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    To all those here saying or supporters “innocent until proven guilty”, would you say the same thing in the context of PL’s investigation into City as well ?

  • Jackbees777@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Yet they threw the book at toney for doing what all fans do and ran with a False headline to make it sound worse haha

  • TheRuckMachine@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I thought people were innocent until proven guilty. So why should they not continue to be employed and paid accordingly? Silly article.

  • Rough-Ad2602@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    If only a county would revolt against the British and create an “innocent until proven guilty” standard. Wouldn’t that be something…

    • depressingmirror2@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      The Americans didn’t invent presumption of innocence. The only stuff that the American founding fathers actually came up with is the obviously stupid stuff that doesn’t work. But you all cling to like holy gospel because you’re a bunch of morons.

    • OskarsTinDrum@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Not sure if you’re talking about the US, but if so, not a great take. Major sporting organizations here—NFL, MLB, NBA, etc—suspend these fuckers and conduct their own investigation as soon as credible allegations emerge. Unlike the FA, these organizations have a backbone and publicly available protocol protocol that allows them to act.

  • OkPossession4082@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Charge these footballers and punish them if they are guilty like Greenwood even if the women withdraws the case, because there is enough evidence, but if they are proved innocent don’t push it under the rug like it happened with mendy, the apology should be as loud as the disrespect. And then football clubs should hold these news outlets responsible for wages and transfer fees.