Premier League teams are playing footballers facing abuse claims

[adexkola]

Wonder if Arsenal's choices would be different if they had Rice last year?

What if Rice had an injury? I doubt their decision changes. It would have to be an expendable squad player that shifts the calculus

 

[JagUTD]

The sensible path has already been stated.

You suspend them whilst the investigation tasks place. Doing what Arsenal have done isn’t the norm.

Investigation by who though? And at what stage of the investigation?

And where the victim does not go to the club, how do the club find out before charges are brought? Can the police inform the club or are they bound by some sort of privacy laws? Genuine question btw, Greenwoods case was unique in many ways as it was made very public while usually the accused isn't named in mainstream media, though their identity is public knowledge before long.

Whether or not it is the sensible path, the clubs need to get their act together quickly and decide on how they will deal with these allegations. Then get the lawyers on the phone because whatever they do, there probably going to end up in (civil) court themselves.

 

[golden_blunder]

It this was a normal business then the employee would be suspended pending investigation because the business don’t want to take a chance with their reputation and possible safety of other employees

don’t see why football would be any different. Some of you are siding on the side of enabling bad behavior. If there is no consequences why not do what you want?

 

[SilentWitness]

Investigation by who though? And at what stage of the investigation?

And where the victim does not go to the club, how do the club find out before charges are brought? Can the police inform the club or are they bound by some sort of privacy laws? Genuine question btw, Greenwoods case was unique in many ways as it was made very public while usually the accused isn't named in mainstream media, though their identity is public knowledge before long.

Whether or not it is the sensible path, the clubs need to get their act together quickly and decide on how they will deal with these allegations. Then get the lawyers on the phone because whatever they do, there probably going to end up in (civil) court themselves.

These things always pop up in the media or on twitter and it's more than likely that the ones we don't hear about have been passed along to the clubs in question so they are informed about it and they will thus be privy to the information about police investigations once they liaise with players.

Interested by some of the comments here thus far. It's a very difficult one as due to football being a finite career you can severely derail a career or basically end one if or when there are cases that do not make it through the courts and result in convictions (whether rightly or wrongly in terms of the morals or what we think). Despite that, I do think suspensions with pay while investigations are conducted should be the norm and then subsequent sackings if convicted.

 

[Mb194dc]

Should be the same as in any other job.

If the Mendy debacle hasn't shown anyone that, nothing will.

 

[TheReligion]

It's not sensible because you say "take my word for it"

Arsenal have clearly benefited from their decision to not suspend the said player. And no harm has come of the decision. So tell me, why is their decision not sensible?

They benefited by winning nothing?

And if the player is subsequently charged the damage to the club and brand will be extensive.

 

[PSV]

Because in most professions he’d be suspended with pay under the circumstances.

I wouldn't know if its different in the UK, but unless it's directly a workplace-related incident this isn't usually the case though?