I don't think you should muddle nobody knowing with nobody giving a shit but I do think the elapsed time will work in his favour.Personally I think its madness he's being punished for something that happened 4 years ago. Nobody gave a shit about what he tweeted until he scored a premier league goal.
Hmm, with that logic Operation Yewtree wouldn't have got very far.Personally I think its madness he's being punished for something that happened 4 years ago. Nobody gave a shit about what he tweeted until he scored a premier league goal.
Personally I think its madness he's being punished for something that happened 4 years ago. Nobody gave a shit about what he tweeted until he scored a premier league goal.
He should have and probably has had media training since he joined a league club and with that knowledge should have deleted those tweets/QUOTE]
He'd probably forgotten he'd put that on Twitter a few years ago. Do you remember everything your write on social media, years later?
That said, no excuse for writing offensive stuff.
Agree with the sentiment - although the angst seems a bit ott lolWhich bored twat trawled through four years of his twatter account to find these tweets .Gray needs punishing but the sad fuck that found them needs a good fisting too
His agent/club have seriously messed up here. Know someone who does social media for footballers and the first thing he does when they start representing a new player is to basically delete all old tweets and create a new account from scratch.You would think agents or clubs would go through things like this
# is not a weapon unless you are on the receiving end of the directed abuse!Of course he should take responsibility for his actions, which I believe he has done, it was nothing to do with Burnley and therefore I can't see why they should be trawling through an adults social media account from 4 years ago. Its not even an FA matter surely? the guy was 21 not even a professional footballer, he held views that some may fine offensive but I suggest it was just a stupid immature action. Personally I find all these witch hunts offensive. A hashtag is not a weapon.
Why should a homophobic tweet 4 years ago when he was registered under the football l league playing for Hinckley be treated differently because it was 4 years ago? If he does not get at least what Stokes got then CCFC should sue the football league because of the games that he got ban cost us vital points.Esotehomophones tweet : 1156045 said:I don't think you should muddle nobody knowing with nobody giving a shit but I do think the elapsed time will work in his favour.
That was the same said about Stokes's tweeted comments but he still got banned at least Stokes removed his comments which is more than what Gray did. He should get the same punishmentOf course he should take responsibility for his actions, which I believe he has done, it was nothing to do with Burnley and therefore I can't see why they should be trawling through an adults social media account from 4 years ago. Its not even an FA matter surely? the guy was 21 not even a professional footballer, he held views that some may fine offensive but I suggest it was just a stupid immature action. Personally I find all these witch hunts offensive. A hashtag is not a weapon.
Unrelated snapchat question... How do you find someone on snapchat when you don't have their number? E.g a celeb or somethingHis agent/club have seriously messed up here. Know someone who does social media for footballers and the first thing he does when they start representing a new player is to basically delete all old tweets and create a new account from scratch.
On this topic, someone at CCFC should seriously sit Jodi Jones down and tell him to STOP SNAPCHATTING WHILE DRIVING!
Why should a homophobic tweet 4 years ago when he was registered under the football l league playing for Hinckley be treated differently because it was 4 years ago? If he does not get at least what Stokes got then CCFC should sue the football league because of the games that he got ban cost us vital points.
Of course he should take responsibility for his actions, which I believe he has done, it was nothing to do with Burnley and therefore I can't see why they should be trawling through an adults social media account from 4 years ago. Its not even an FA matter surely? the guy was 21 not even a professional footballer, he held views that some may fine offensive but I suggest it was just a stupid immature action. Personally I find all these witch hunts offensive. A hashtag is not a weapon.
Everyone on Snapchat also has a username. You just need to find that.Unrelated snapchat question... How do you find someone on snapchat when you don't have their number? E.g a celeb or something
It has everything to do with Burnley. They could lose their most expensive striker for a number of games.
Cheers.Everyone on Snapchat also has a username. You just need to find that.
Next questions. What's Jodi Jones' snapchat username hahaha
4 years ago !!! , plenty of time to have grown up and have completely different outlooks on life.
If I still had my opinions of 30 years ago I would be sitting in a jail cell now and so would many more on this forum .
Times change , people change so hope they cut him some slack.
What has earning a hugely privileged salary got to do with anything? you want him punished because he has made a success of his life? or is because you think he has influenced a generation of gay haters to burn homosexuals?I've grown up too. I used to think flares were cool, now I don't. I used to like blondes and now I'm with a brunette for 10 years, I never thought I wanted kids and my daughter is now the focal point of my life. However I've never suggested gay people should burn and die on social media and then gone on to be a public role model earning a hugely privileged salary in an industry trying to eradicate that type of attitude. Would have been the simplest thing in the world to delete those tweets and if you really felt that extreme about it and had changed, you'd probably remember writing such things.
Stokes got a 1 game ban for his slur. Suarez 8 games for his racial abuse. I'm expecting the FA will go somewhere in the middle for this.
I think the point is he's in a position of responsibility. A premier league footballer with tons of kids wishing they can one day be like him. Therefore he needs to be a positive role model. As all Pro footballers do. They have more influence on young men than most politicians do.What has earning a hugely privileged salary got to do with anything? you want him punished because he has made a success of his life? or is because you think he has influenced a generation of gay haters to burn homosexuals?
Odd part of the paragraph to pull out, I thought it was quite self explanatory when you read the full sentence. No, I do not want him punished because he has made a success of his life.What has earning a hugely privileged salary got to do with anything? you want him punished because he has made a success of his life? or is because you think he has influenced a generation of gay haters to burn homosexuals?
Esoterica, thank you for a great response.....I am not asking the FA to do nothing or condone, I just hope that a stupid comment by a young man who was not in the public eye is not used to "burn him"Odd part of the paragraph to pull out, I thought it was quite self explanatory when you read the full sentence. No, I do not want him punished because he has made a success of his life.
His salary though is a result of the crazy amount of money in the industry, huge amounts contributed by the general public via matchday and TV subscription income. Therefore the industry has a responsibility towards reflecting the diversity of it's support and grass roots, hence campaigns like Kick It Out (which does not target only racism). His privilege as a role model within that industry is to reflect their standards and even if he has changed his views, he has still left comments like that with his name on out there in the public domain. I don't think it will result in people setting fire to gay people either but for the FA to do nothing will be to casually condone it and that does send a message, however subliminal.
Ridiculous decision. Nobody cared when he was a non-league player.
Should have given him just a cash fine and a warning for future conduct.
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