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Awful thing they suffered and I'm guessing this will be way way bigger than Savile and will go global.
However, they are paid huge salaries. Sure some have exceptional talent but could it also be hush money?? Discuss. |
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By *r_PinkMan
over a year ago
london stratford |
Nahhhhh not hush money.
Its just very sad ?? to see.
But in hindsight, it is obvious that these scum of the earth would find jobs like that to prey on the young and the innocent.
I just hope that it makes sure that cant happen anymore in the modern game. |
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By *ildt123Man
over a year ago
Huddersfield |
Not sure what you mean about salaries and hush money. These were kids abused by adults in a position of authority, the fact that some still managed to go on and achieve in the sport despite their abuse is admirable. Time will tell if it was widespread or a few isolated incidents. Terrible business. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Sure they were kids at the time but were they paid handsomely in later life to stop them telling their story? "
No, they get paid well, because football became fashionable again and money poured into the upper echelons of the game.
Quite how you can link the abuse to high salaries is beyond me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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And there will be thousands of kids that didn't make it into the big time but were still nonced.
No matter how much money you have, you can't buy back a ruined childhood. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Sure they were kids at the time but were they paid handsomely in later life to stop them telling their story? "
What about all those that dodn;t go on to earn huge salaries?
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"Sure they were kids at the time but were they paid handsomely in later life to stop them telling their story? "
I doubt it very much, the guys that have done the abusing wouldn't be able to afford to pay a professional footballer hush money
I'd say it was a fear of being the first to tell there story in what is a very macho environment,now the ice has been broken others might be confident to come forward |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Perhaps it would be prudent to wait until details of sufficient cases where actual charges are made come to light in a volume that warrants branding football as an institution that has a sexual abuse epidemic greater than the rest of society ...
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By *ogan66Man
over a year ago
Huddersfield |
The footballers are classic victims of child sexual abuse plus working in an environment which is traditionally macho. Hush money and how much the earn has nothing to do with it. Like in other areas of life people simply didn't talk about it. As abusers are attracted to jobs where they can or could access kids I think there's a lot more to come |
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Football is awash with money. Imagine the damage that could done to clubs if they were exposed to harbouring these offenders. They'd go out of their way to cover it up but I don't believe this is done by way of players salaries. That's my opinion.
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By *ogan66Man
over a year ago
Huddersfield |
Due toThe nature of the work I have done I can tell you that it is the abuser who buys the silence by grooming. As regards the clubs I take your point but I think it more likely that they did not think they had a problem to cover up. It's not the last 15 years that generally people have become more aware |
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"Awful thing they suffered and I'm guessing this will be way way bigger than Savile and will go global.
However, they are paid huge salaries. Sure some have exceptional talent but could it also be hush money?? Discuss."
So you are saying footballers are prostitutes, accepting money for being sodomised?
Sally |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Society is becoming more and more driven by compensation culture and fuelled by speculation and sensationalism which has been proven to result in justice not being administered with due impartiality......
I fully believe every perpetrator of sexual abuse should be held to account but I also feel those accused who are then proven innocent deserve anonymity.....
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By *anes HubbyCouple
over a year ago
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"Sure they were kids at the time but were they paid handsomely in later life to stop them telling their story? "
I think you are under the impression that all young footballers go on to earn tens of thousands of pounds a week.....the reality is that the vast majority never get to earn a decent wage from football. |
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By *ogan66Man
over a year ago
Huddersfield |
he impression that all young footballers go on to earn tens of thousands of pounds a week.....the reality is that the vast majority never get to earn a decent wage from football.
So true. What about those kids who at a young age suddenly stopped wanting to go to football and the parents didn't understand why. Some of those may later self harm have difficulties forming trusting relationships and in the worst case scenario go on to abuse children themselves. The celebrity footballers speaking out is important but most victims I suspect won't have had careers |
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"what about the people at the F A they knew about this 15yrs ago and hushed it up....just like the bbc and saville"
This is what I find so concerning. It wasn't only just one person who knew. There must have been a fair amount of people who knew about this.
If there are legal cases arising from this, I wouldn't be surprised. The buck has to stop somewhere.
People knew. They knew and said nothing and ruined people's childhoods,and subsequently their lives. This is so wrong. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"From the Daily Mirror today - FA to probe clubs over abuse hush money...wasnt a million miles wrong was I?"
It's reported Chelsea have paid out compensation to one victim of abuse but he had to sign a confidentiality clause. I wonder did they do their own internal investigation and how much info was passed on to the police if any at all. |
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Sounds like no info was passed to police at the time, hence the investigation now. My gut feeling is that this will spread to other clubs and before we know it we'll be into double figures. I wonder how many players still playing have been subject to abuse. |
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