Ched Evans

[theadore]

Or 'Innocent until the money runs out'

[Gibbon]

[Dan]

Either way, Oldham don't want him any more

Oldham Athletic have decided against signing convicted rapist Ched Evans following threats to the club's "staff and their families".

[theadore]

Threats to staff and families - not shocked, just sad. Hopefully they can receive the same treatment as the seemingly endless stream of people who consider it their duty to out the victims new identity.

[Rover the Top]

Apology from Evans.

[mrblackbat]

I bet that just gets used as further indication that he's showing no remorse.

[rob_of_the_robots]

It's definitely a lose-lose situation for him. If he apologises then he's basically admitting his guilt but by not apologising some people will just say he's showing no remorse for what he did.

[-BARON-23-]

First time i've heard him apologise for anything and about bloody time. He's said all the right things there but still in my eyes whether he is actually guilty or not, you can't have a convicted rapist playing in front of all them fans and being in the media. The negative ramifications are just too much as you can see from Oldham pulling out of the deal

[mrblackbat]

First time i've heard him apologise for anything and about bloody time. He's said all the right things there but still in my eyes whether he is actually guilty or not, you can't have a convicted rapist playing in front of all them fans and being in the media. The negative ramifications are just too much as you can see from Oldham pulling out of the deal

Why would he apologise when he thinks he's innocent?

I find plenty in the backlash to be particularly appalling, society really isn't showing itself off very well in the way this entire situation is being handled.

You say you can't have a convicted rapist playing in front of all those (4.5k average attendance at Oldham) fans, so what's your opinion on Mike Tyson? Which crimes from the people on this list do you think mean they should be allowed to continue playing and which means they shouldn't?

[-BARON-23-]

He's not apologised for "raping" her but he's apologised for other things which i respect him for doing so.

Well a lot of those are minor things but the likes of Marlon King who kept receiving jail time should not be allowed back. Lee Hughes should never have been brought back. There's an argument any criminal record and your chances of being a professional footballer are gone but there's too many "minor" infringements of the law. As for Mike Tyson, boxing is a whole different sport with different perceptions. A lot of people were paying for people to punch the shit out of each other at the time; but he was jailed for rape and therefore shouldn't be allowed back in the public eye.

[theadore]

I welcome the apology... I wish it had come sooner - particularly the part about the behaviour of his 'fans' he could have been shouting from the rooftops, and there is a cynical part of me that can't help but feel it has a lot more to do with 2 failed attempts at a professional contract than it does with any genuine contrition - but you can't have everything.

[Ethiaa]

I dunno - I think most of us would listen to our legal advice and keep our mouths shut (although most of us wouldn't have got ourselves in this situation to begin with so perhaps a pointless comparison).

[mrblackbat]

I dunno - I think most of us would listen to our legal advice and keep our mouths shut (although most of us wouldn't have got ourselves in this situation to begin with so perhaps a pointless comparison).

True on both counts.

[Gibbon]

I think the only thing most us will agree on is that regardless of innocence or guilt Ched Evans seems to be a blithering idiot.

[-BARON-23-]

That made me laugh Gibbon