Fair enough
Not saying you're wrong but I disagree however, insofar as I regard football as a profession firstly and not a primarily privilege, and therefore should be subjected to the same rules as other general professions - not including the likes of teachers, etc. in this respect. People go on about him being a role model, but a) I can't see any kids looking to emulate him at the moment (no one is realistically going to think "because Ched Evans was convicted of raping someone, then I should rape someone and the two and a half years I get will be totally worth it" - I don't think the position Ched Evans finds himself at the moment is particularly enviable... to be called a rapist and screamed at for the rest of your life doesn't sound like too much fun) and b) music stars are meant to be role models and a large amount of them are smacked/coked off their faces - hardly role model material, but no one has a go at them.
However many people in many different jobs do face huge problems attempting to return to their field of work after something like this.
Also, you're missing the point re; Evans being a role model sort of I think, I was talking about this at Uni funnily enough. You only have to look at how people have defended him (including people from football) not just the dregs on social media to understand that this is a much wider moral, social issue (I do not understand why really) but all this does is downplay what he has done.
So for example, if you tell a kid who admires (for whatever mental ******* reason) Evans that he's a convicted rapist, I'm sure that kid would take the stand point that it is an abhorrent thing to do. However, if people defend what he does and the child see's that actually there is no serious repercussion for Evans (has resumed the game, people defend him) it preaches a method that footballers can 'do' these things and face no long term punishment, and that even within football it is not a big deal.
Footballers are role models as well as mascots, icons and representative of their club.
I would not let King, Evans et al, anywhere near football if it were up to me. It is not though and football is a famously morally bankrupt sport.
I quite literally do not care that people disagree with me, nor what they think of me. I just maintain that there are some things (moral issue, society issues) that are bigger than football.
For ***** sake, I enjoyed the Lost Prophets, but you know what, some things are bigger than football. They are low calibre 'human beings'.
